b. IR should focus on making research output available
through open access
Scholarly peer-reviewed journals are crucial in research
output. However, it is extremely difficult to publish
academic work in refereed journals. Publishing in IR offers
an advantage to authors, as quick comments on their work
are expected. After incorporation of such comments, the
possibility of getting papers published in refereed journals
becomes very high. Therefore, if documents published in IR
are available through open access, authors are expected to
get useful comments very quickly. Hence users are expected
to be most satisfied with this benefit of IR. Earlier
studies, such as one by Kennan and Wilson (2006), also
found that individual researchers are posting their work on
IRs for quick dissemination of their research output. We
analyzed the responses of Users and the results are presented
in Table 2.
The data analysis in Table 2 reveals that the Users opted
for four options to respond: Most satisfied, Satisfied,
Neutral, and Dissatisfied. In the case of Faculty members
who use IRs, the highest percentage (48.33%) indicate that
they are Most Satisfied, followed by 20.83% who are
Satisfied, 20.00% are Neutral, and 10.83% are Dissatisfied.
The responses of Research Scholars also show a similar
trend. While in the case of Students, the highest
percentage (37.25%) are Satisfied, followed by 33.33% who
are Neutral, and 29.41% responding Most Satisfied. The
results are according to our expectation and the Chi-Square
b. IR should focus on making research output available
through open access
Scholarly peer-reviewed journals are crucial in research
output. However, it is extremely difficult to publish
academic work in refereed journals. Publishing in IR offers
an advantage to authors, as quick comments on their work
are expected. After incorporation of such comments, the
possibility of getting papers published in refereed journals
becomes very high. Therefore, if documents published in IR
are available through open access, authors are expected to
get useful comments very quickly. Hence users are expected
to be most satisfied with this benefit of IR. Earlier
studies, such as one by Kennan and Wilson (2006), also
found that individual researchers are posting their work on
IRs for quick dissemination of their research output. We
analyzed the responses of Users and the results are presented
in Table 2.
The data analysis in Table 2 reveals that the Users opted
for four options to respond: Most satisfied, Satisfied,
Neutral, and Dissatisfied. In the case of Faculty members
who use IRs, the highest percentage (48.33%) indicate that
they are Most Satisfied, followed by 20.83% who are
Satisfied, 20.00% are Neutral, and 10.83% are Dissatisfied.
The responses of Research Scholars also show a similar
trend. While in the case of Students, the highest
percentage (37.25%) are Satisfied, followed by 33.33% who
are Neutral, and 29.41% responding Most Satisfied. The
results are according to our expectation and the Chi-Square
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