Scholarly Publishing Questionnaire

This survey will not provide ASIS&T or others with any personally identifiable infomation.

Your responses will help us better assess the impact and importance of a number of factors as we plan our publishing and scholarly communications strategies.
 
1. Do you submit research papers to peer-reviewed journals? [If answer to this question is NO, please skip to question 8]
Yes
No
 
2. If yes, please list up to five journal titles which you consider when submitting your research.
 
3. How many refereed journal papers have you written or co-written in the PAST THREE YEARS?
 
4. Approximately how many refereed journal papers have you written or co-written in your CAREER?
 
5. Which of these roles, if any, have you undertaken in the past three years? (Check as many as apply)
Author of journal articles
Referee for journal articles
Editorial board member
Journal editor
 
6. How important or unimportant to you were the following factors when deciding to submit a paper to a journal?
1 = Not at all attractive; 2= Not attractive; 3 = neutral; 4 = attractive; 5 = Very attractive
1 2 3 4 5
Speed of reviewing
Standing of editorial board
Impact factor
The price of the journal
Size of readership
Right kind of readership
Available in an electronic version
Available as conventional hard copy
Easy to get accepted
Coverage by abstracting services
Association to a society to which I belong
 
7. Comments on the above important/unimportant factors?
 
8. How would you describe your current level of access to the journal literature?
Very Poor: I always have great difficulty getting the journals I need
Poor: I frequently have difficulty getting the journals I need
Varies: I sometimes have difficulty getting the journals I need
Good: I have access to most journals I need
Excellent: I have access to all the journals I need
Don't know
 
9. Do you currently read the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology? [If the answer is NO, please skip to question 11]
Never
Less than once a year
One or two times a year
Every other month
Every issue
I would use it if I were able to access it easily
 
10. How do you access the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology?
I receive a print copy as a member
I have online access as a member
I use the print copy in my library
I use a colleagues copy
I access through my library's electronic license
Other: 
 
11. Do you have a personal website?
Yes
No
 
12. If so, what kinds of materials have you made available on your website?
Pre-prints of papers that have been submitted for publication
The text of papers that have been accepted for publication
Revised texts of published work with comments
Conference papers
Doctoral theses and dissertations
Datasets arising from projects
Computer software
Other creative works (e.g., photographs, video, audio)
Technical Reports
Informal papers
Slides of presentations
Course materials
Other: 
 
13. Are there materials that you do not post to your website?
Pre-prints of papers that have been submitted for publication
The text of papers that have been accepted for publication
Revised texts of published work with comments
Conference papers
Doctoral theses and dissertations
Datasets arising from projects
Computer software
Other creative works (e.g., photographs, video, audio)
Technical Reports
Informal papers
Slides of presentations
Course materials
Other: 
 
14. If there are materials that you do not post to your website, why not?
 
15. An "Institutional Repository" is a collection of scholarly materials in digital form that is managed at an institutional level by a research community, typically a single university. Researchers can deposit materials in these repositories, subject to copyright, with the host institution providing the infrastructure for these materials to be properly organized, archived, and maintained.
Have you ever deposited any scholarly materials that you have created in an institutional repository?
Yes, I have
No, but I may in the future
No, nor do I intend to do so
I don't know
 
16. How much do you know about "open access" journals
A lot
Quite a lot
A little
Nothing at all
 
17. For purposes of this survey, an "open access paper" is considered to be any peer reviewed research paper available online without any access restrictions, subscription fees or other fees.
Have you ever published a paper in an open access journal?
Yes
No
Don't know
 
18. How strongly do you associate the following characteristics with open access journals?

1= Do not associate; 2= Associate a little; 3= Neutral 4 = Quite strongly associate; 5= Very strongly associate;
1 2 3 4 5
Free to access
Author pays to publish
High quality
Ephemeral
Self-publishing
No hard copy journal
Radical
Not archived properly
Well indexed
 
19. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about open access?

1 = strongly disagree; 2=disagree a little; 3= neither agree nor disagree; 4=Agree a little; 5= Strongly Agree
1 2 3 4 5
Authors will publish more
Authors will have less choice over where they publish
The quality of papers will improve
Fewer papers will be rejected
Publishers will improve their services to authors
Papers will become less concise
Libraries will have more money to spend
Print journals will gradually disappear
It will be easier to get hold of papers
Archiving will suffer
 
20. To what extent do you agree or disagree that you would like to be able to use your published research in the following ways?
1= Strongly Disagree; 2= Disagree a little; 3= neither agree nor disagree; 4= Agree a little; 5= Strongly Agree
1 2 3 4 5
Republish it elsewhere in its entirety
Personally deal with any permission requests
Post it on an internal web site
Post it on the World Wide Web
Use it freely in teaching and learning
Deal personally with any legal disputes when copyright is infringed
Pass it on in electronic form to a colleague or interested party
 
21. Are you a member of the American Society for Information Science and Technology?
Yes
No
 
22. Is any of your research funded? [if NO, skip to # 24]
Yes
No
 
23. If yes, by whom?
 
24. Where do you live?
North America
South America
Europe
Middle East
Australia
Asia
 
25. How many years research experience do you have?
1 - 5 years
6 - 10 years
11 - 15 years
16 - 20 years
21+ years
 
26. What is your age range?
Under 26
26 - 35
36 - 45
46 - 55
56 - 65
over 65
Refused
 
27. What kind of organization do you work for?
College or university
Commercial organization
Government
Hospital
Research Institute
Self-employed (e.g., consultant)
Other
 
28. Are there any other thoughts or experiences you would like to share about the topics of this survey?