1Research Scholar, Department of Library & Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India, Email: royabhijit75@gmail.com
2Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India, Email: akhandanandshukla@gmail.com
3Research Scholar, Department of Library & Information Science, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat
4Assistant Librarian, IIT, Jodhpur, Email: tapasdas@iitj.ac.in
Online Published on 30 June, 2025.
The present study emphasizes on the investigation of the openness to open access in the Indian deemed universities ranked in the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2021 under the “overall” top 100 categories. The research analysed the publication data fromthe Web of Science spanning ten years fromthe year 2011 to 2020. The scrutiny of the open access friendliness was focused on two main aspects: the sharing of OA publications and the use of licenses in OA publications. The conclusions reveal that, among the total publications, 29.15% were disseminated through four OA routes(Green OA, Gold OA, Hybrid OA, and Bronze OA). The highest percentage (43.85%) of the OA publications fall under “Gold OA.” Out of a total of 13,066 (56.86%) articles, a legal license was applied for, with CC-BYbeing the preferred license. The study identifies JSSAcademy of Higher Education and Research as the leader in open access friendliness, securing the first position with an OAF score of 68.46.
Open Access, Open Access Friendliness Indicator, OAF Ranking, OpenRefine, NIRF, Unpaywall
