Research Article | Open Access

Will Asia Fully Respond to the Global Transition to Open Access?

    Sam T. Mathew

    Researcher and Publication Strategist, India

    Zabta K. Shinwari

    Asian Council of Science Editors and Professor Emeritus, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Haseeb Md. Irfanullah

    Center for Sustainable Development, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Muhammad Sarwar

    Asian Council of Science Editors, United Arab Emirates

    Maryam Sayab

    Asian Council of Science Editors, United Arab Emirates


Received
06 Sep, 2022
Accepted
14 Oct, 2022
Published
01 Nov, 2022

A key feature of Open Science (OS) is the transparent and collaborative dissemination of research and data. At the same time, in Open Access (OA), it is the ease with which published content can be accessed. In light of the geographical disparity in the implementation of OA, the 8th Annual Meeting of the Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE) featured a panel discussion on the topic, ‘Will Asia Fully Respond to the Global Transition to Open Access?’. Discussions included OS taxonomy, significance, key players and barriers to OA and OS in Asia. During the panel discussion, the panelists, experts and the audience agreed that OA and OS would benefit the Asian research community by expanding the reach of their findings and thus, improving visibility. However, existing concerns about OA in the Asian continent must be addressed by the research community, governments and editorial organizations. Furthermore, OA is adopted differently by countries within Asia. Therefore, Asia should develop a strategy to overcome the current divide between the Global North (developed countries) and the Global South (least-developed and developing countries). By working together and taking advantage of their counterparts' existing OA infrastructure, Asian countries can create their own roadmap to transformation.

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APA-7 Style
Mathew, S.T., Shinwari, Z.K., Irfanullah, H. ., Sarwar, M., Sayab, M. (2022). Will Asia Fully Respond to the Global Transition to Open Access?. Trends in Scholarly Publishing, 1(1), 49-54. https://doi.org/10.21124/tsp.2022.49.54

ACS Style
Mathew, S.T.; Shinwari, Z.K.; Irfanullah, H. .; Sarwar, M.; Sayab, M. Will Asia Fully Respond to the Global Transition to Open Access?. Trends Schol. Pub 2022, 1, 49-54. https://doi.org/10.21124/tsp.2022.49.54

AMA Style
Mathew ST, Shinwari ZK, Irfanullah H , Sarwar M, Sayab M. Will Asia Fully Respond to the Global Transition to Open Access?. Trends in Scholarly Publishing. 2022; 1(1): 49-54. https://doi.org/10.21124/tsp.2022.49.54

Chicago/Turabian Style
Mathew, Sam , T., Zabta K. Shinwari, Haseeb Md. Irfanullah, Muhammad Sarwar, and Maryam Sayab. 2022. "Will Asia Fully Respond to the Global Transition to Open Access?" Trends in Scholarly Publishing 1, no. 1: 49-54. https://doi.org/10.21124/tsp.2022.49.54