Table 3.
Answers of all participants on the topic of open access publishing
| Do you know the ‘open-access’ system?, n (%) | |
| Yes | 170 (90.4) |
| No | 18 (9.6) |
| If yes, did you publish anything in an open-access journal yet?*, n (%) (n=170) | |
| Yes | 97 (57.1) |
| No | 61 (35.8) |
| Don’t publish anything | 9 (5.3) |
| Don’t know | 3 (1.8) |
| Why would you publish your work in an open-access journal?†, n (%) | |
| High visibility | 117 (62.2) |
| Promotion of the results over social media | 9 (4.8) |
| Fast publication process | 61 (32.4) |
| Prestigious journal | 93 (49.5) |
| As opportunity to publish ‘negative’ results | 51 (27.1) |
| Less strict peer-review process | 4 (2.1) |
| Will not publish anything in an open-access journal | 23 (12.2) |
| How much would you be willing to pay for a publication in an open access journal?, n (%) | |
| €0–€100 | 33 (17.6) |
| €101–€300 | 19 (10.1) |
| €301–€500 | 21 (11.2) |
| €501–€700 | 9 (4.8) |
| €701–€1000 | 18 (9.6) |
| €1001–€1500 | 24 (12.8) |
| €1501–€2000 | 15 (8.0) |
| €2001–€3000 | 3 (1.6) |
| €3001–€4000 | 3 (1.6) |
| > €4000 | 0 (0.0) |
| Did not plan to publish anything | 35 (18.6) |
| Miscellaneous‡ | 8 (4.3) |
Numbers in the table represent n (%). Missing values are not shown explicitly but are the difference to the given total number.
*Follow-up question, total number of answers out of all possible answers are given in brackets. Missing values are not shown explicitly but are the difference to the given total number. Percentages have been calculated from all valid given answers.
†Multiple answers possible.
‡no experience (1), nothing (3),~€1000 (1), don’t care (1). only free of charge (1), depends on the quantity and quality of the photo material. No hard and fast answer possible (1).