Higher education institutions (HEIs) have an instrumental role in the move towards Open Access (OA) by shaping the national strategies, policies, and agendas. This study sets out to explore the role of HEIs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) OA uptake and reflect on the ongoing international initiatives pushing for universal OA to research. The study is based on an online survey targeted at UAE higher education institutions research management units. In order to measure the institutional views, only one response was solicited from each institution. A total of 19 valid responses were received, making up 47% of HEIs included in the population of organisations. Our results suggest that there is low commitment to OA among UAE HEIs as attested by the low number of OA policies, scarce OA funding, limited proliferation of institutional repositories, perceived lack of urgency to migrate from current access models, and little consideration of OA for promotion purposes. The study is the first of its kind in the UAE, Arab and Middle Eastern countries, providing rare insight into a growing phenomenon that is global, yet most vocally discussed from a western perspective and context. The study contributes to the debate on the role of HEIs in the transition to OA and in shaping national and regional OA policies, as well as informing international initiatives about the current status of OA in the region.

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芝麻开门？阿拉伯联合酋长国高等教育机构的开放获取优先事项、激励措施和政策

高等教育机构 (HEI) 通过制定国家战略、政策和议程，在迈向开放获取 (OA) 的过程中发挥着重要作用。本研究旨在探讨高等教育机构在阿拉伯联合酋长国 (UAE) OA 应用中的作用，并反思正在进行的推动普遍 OA 研究的国际举措。该研究基于针对阿联酋高等教育机构研究管理单位的在线调查。为了衡量机构的意见，每个机构只征集了一份回应。共收到有效回复19份，占组织总数的47%。我们的结果表明，阿联酋高等教育机构对 OA 的承诺较低，这可以从 OA 政策数量少、OA 资金稀缺、机构知识库扩散有限、认为缺乏从当前访问模式迁移的紧迫性，并且很少考虑将 OA 用于推广目的。该研究是阿联酋、阿拉伯和中东国家的首项此类研究，它提供了对全球日益增长的现象的罕见见解，但从西方的角度和背景进行了最热烈的讨论。该研究有助于就高等教育机构在向开放获取过渡和制定国家和地区开放获取政策方面的作用展开辩论，并为国际倡议提供有关该地区开放获取现状的信息。但大多数人都从西方的角度和背景进行了讨论。该研究有助于就高等教育机构在向开放获取过渡和制定国家和地区开放获取政策方面的作用展开辩论，并为国际倡议提供有关该地区开放获取现状的信息。但大多数人都从西方的角度和背景进行了讨论。该研究有助于就高等教育机构在向 OA 过渡和制定国家和地区 OA 政策方面的作用展开辩论，并为国际倡议提供有关该地区 OA 现状的信息。