Knowledge and experience of Zambian teaching faculties with scholarly communication and dissemination practices

Subaveerapandiyan, A., Tiwary, Neelam, Kasonde, Cecilia Christabel, Ugwulebo, Jeremiah Emeka and Amees, Mohammad (2023) Knowledge and experience of Zambian teaching faculties with scholarly communication and dissemination practices. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication. ISSN 2514-9342 (In Press)

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Abstract

Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the knowledge and experience of Zambian teaching faculties with scholarly communication and dissemination practices.

Design/methodology/approach
The researchers used a survey to quickly obtain information about a large sample of individuals of interest. The study population consisted of faculties from two Zambian public universities with research and publication experience. The researchers used random sampling techniques. A total of 125 valid responses were received from the selected population.

Findings
The findings show that most respondents agreed that publishing in open-access journals increased visibility and readership, had a more significant impact, facilitated collaboration and interdisciplinary research, was cost-effective and provided accessibility. Google Scholar was the most commonly used platform, followed by ResearchGate and ORCID.

Research limitations/implications
This study’s limitations focus on only two Zambian public universities. This study’s practical implications include improving the universities’ open-access policies and educating faculties on the benefits of open access.

Originality/value
This study’s originality lies in exploring the Zambian teaching faculties’ perceptions of open access and academic social networking sites. The results of this study can help universities and researchers in Zambia to understand the importance of scholarly communication and dissemination practices and help them implement effective policies for promoting open-access publishing, institutional repositories and academic social networking sites.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Academic social networking sites | Preprint repositories | Institutional repositories | Self-archiving | Dissemination practices | Scholarly communication
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Library and Information Science
JGU School/Centre: Global Library
Depositing User: Subhajit Bhattacharjee
Date Deposited: 27 Dec 2023 11:10
Last Modified: 27 Dec 2023 11:10
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-04-2023-0139
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/7131

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