Assistant Librarian, BGSB University, Rajouri, Jammu
*Corresponding Author: Ramesh Pandita, rameshpandita90@gmail.com
Online published on 16 May, 2017.
The concept of open access publishing has flourished all across globe and so has it gained ground in India. India has been contributing to open access publishing from the very beginning, rather since the realization of need and importance of open access publishing. The present study has been undertaken to assess the scenario of open access publishing in India during the past decade. To undertake the present study data has been retrieved from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), which is more a case of data mining. In the present study attempt has been made to work out on the growth of open access publishing in India during the last decade viz. for the period 2002–2012, its contribution to open access publishing at Global Level, continental level and many other similar things related with the overall scenario of open access publishing in India. Attempt has also been made to correlate other studies already undertaken in the field of Open Access (OA) publishing through literature review. The data has been tabulated and analyzed as per the defined objectives of study. Data for analysis was retrieved on December 31, 2012 which on date hosted 8518 journals on its website from 121 countries all across the globe.
Open Access, DOAJ, India, Asia, Global Level, Continental Level
