Libros en abierto de las editoriales universitarias espa\~nolas

TL;DR

This study examines the open access scientific publications from Spanish public universities, focusing on their volume, types, and policies to assess their alignment with Open Science principles.

Contribution

It provides an exhaustive review and diagnosis of open access publications by Spanish university publishers, highlighting the limited presence of open access academic books.

Findings

Grey literature is the most common type of open access publication.

Open access books constitute less than 5% of total editorial output.

Open access publishing in academic books remains very limited.

Abstract

This paper analyses the set of scientific publications in open access, other than journals (monographs, conferences proceedings, teaching materials and grey literature), published by Spanish public universities, studying their volume, documentary typology, level of description and open access policies with the aim of measuring their degree of incorporation and compliance with the principles of Open Science. An exhaustive review of the disposed material in open access by these publishers has been carried out, which has allowed to make a diagnosis of their level of open access publishing. Grey literature is the most common documentary type followed by the monograph, in the open publication of these publishers that does not reach even 5% of the average editorial production. The results allow us to conclude that the academic publishing, and more specifically the academic books in open access, still has a very reduced presence within the editorial production of these institutions.