DIAMAS survey on Institutional Publishing - aggregated data

The DIAMAS project investigates Institutional Publishing Service Providers (IPSP) in the broadest sense, with a special focus on those publishing initiatives that do not charge fees to authors or readers. To collect information on Institutional Publishing in the ERA, a survey was conducted among IPSPs between March-May 2024. This dataset contains aggregated data from the 685 valid responses to the DIAMAS survey on Institutional Publishing. 

The dataset supplements D2.3 Final IPSP landscape Report Institutional Publishing in the ERA: results from the DIAMAS survey.

The data

Basic aggregate tabular data

Full individual survey responses are not being shared to prevent the easy identification of respondents (in line with conditions set out in the survey questionnaire). This dataset contains full tables with aggregate data for all questions from the survey, with the exception of free-text responses, from all 685 survey respondents. This includes, per question, overall totals and percentages for the answers given as well the breakdown by both IPSP-types: institutional publishers (IPs) and service providers (SPs). Tables at country level have not been shared, as cell values often turned out to be too low to prevent potential identification of respondents. The data is available in csv and docx formats, with csv files grouped and packaged into ZIP files. Metadata describing data type, question type, as well as question response rate, is available in csv format. The R code used to generate the aggregate tables is made available as well. 

Files included in this dataset

• survey_questions_data_description.csv - metadata describing data type, question type, as well as question response rate per survey question.
• tables_raw_all.zip - raw tables (csv format) with aggregated data per question for all respondents, with the exception of free-text responses. Questions with multiple answers have a table for each answer option. Zip file contains 180 csv files. 
• tables_raw_IP.zip - as tables_raw_all.zip, for responses from institutional publishers (IP) only. Zip file contains 180 csv files.
• tables_raw_SP.zip - as tables_raw_all.zip, for responses from service providers (SP) only. Zip file contains 170 csv files.
• tables_formatted_all.docx - formatted tables (docx format) with aggregated data per question for all respondents, with the exception of free-text responses. Questions with multiple answers have a table for each answer option. 
• tables_formatted_IP.docx - as tables_formatted_all.docx, for responses from institutional publishers (IP) only. 
• tables_formatted_SP.docx - as tables_formatted_all.docx, for responses from service providers (SP) only. 
• DIAMAS_Tables_single.R - R script used to generate raw tables with aggregated data for all single response questions
• DIAMAS_Tables_multiple.R - R script used to generate raw tables with aggregated data for all multiple response questions
• DIAMAS_Tables_layout.R - R script used to generate document with formatted tables from raw tables with aggregated data
• DIAMAS Survey on Instititutional Publishing - data availability statement (pdf)

All data are made available under a CC0 license.