Open Access Research Publications in Indian Central Universities: A Comparative Study Through Bibliometric Approach

Abstract

This study was carried outin order to assess the status of Open AccessResearch (OAR) undertaken and published at three top Central Universities of India namely,Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi, Jamia Millia Islamia
(JMI) in New Delhi, University of Hyderabad (UOH)in Hyderabad and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)in Aligarh. The objectives of the research were framed for the Open Access Research publications and data extracted from the Web of Science database. These universities ranked 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 9th and 10thas per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in the year 2021.A bibliometric approach was undertaken to satisfy the aboveframed objectives of the study. This simplified search strategy was applied by using affiliations of all three Universities viz. JNU, BHU, JMI, UOH and AMU separately in such a way that a maximum accuracy could be maintained. The result of the study shows that the UOH produced more OA publications with minimum utilization of financial resources in which 46.15% research are Gold Open Access, that is more than the other four universities. The study explores that close access research (in paywall journals) are published more than open access; however, it would be advantageous if such type of research is published in open access which will be freely available to