This study investigates Kenyan scholars’ adoption of open access (OA). The authors used a questionnaire to collect data from academic researchers at selected Kenyan public universities. The findings of this study indicate that while Kenyan researchers have embraced the concept of OA, challenges such as a lack of mechanisms to guide academic researchers on where to publish, a dearth of funding mechanisms to cover article processing charges, and a lack of accreditation mechanisms for regional and national journals are exposing Kenyan academic researchers to unscrupulous journal publishers and predatory publishing outlets. OA advocates in Kenyan universities need to devise innovative ways of raising awareness about OA, and these universities should provide the environment, infrastructure, and capacity building needed to support OA.

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肯尼亚学术研究人员采用开放获取出版

本研究调查肯尼亚学者采用开放获取 (OA) 的情况。作者使用问卷从选定的肯尼亚公立大学的学术研究人员那里收集数据。这项研究的结果表明，虽然肯尼亚研究人员接受了 OA 的概念，但面临的挑战包括缺乏指导学术研究人员发表论文的机制、缺乏支付文章处理费用的资助机制以及缺乏认证机制地区和国家期刊正在将肯尼亚学术研究人员暴露在不道德的期刊出版商和掠夺性出版商面前。肯尼亚大学的 OA 倡导者需要设计创新方法来提高对 OA 的认识，这些大学应提供支持 OA 所需的环境、基础设施和能力建设。