This article investigates the extent to which education publications authored by researchers based in sub-Saharan Africa are published as open access (OA). We draw on bibliometric analysis of 1,858 peer-reviewed articles over the period 2010‒18, together with interviews with 31 academics based in the region. Overall, we find a steady increase in OA publishing in the region over this period, although the proportion of OA publications remains low. The study finds that: (1) open access articles by researchers in sub-Saharan Africa are concentrated in journals with a lower impact factor; and (2) authors in sub-Saharan Africa tend to publish in higher quality journals behind a paywall, rather than in lower quality journals that either have no or lower cost for open access.

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撒哈拉以南非洲研究人员撰写的关于教育的期刊文章的可访问性如何？

本文调查了撒哈拉以南非洲研究人员撰写的教育出版物作为开放获取 (OA) 出版的程度。我们利用对 2010-18 年期间 1,858 篇同行评审文章的文献计量分析，以及对该地区 31 位学者的采访。总体而言，我们发现该地区的 OA 出版物在此期间稳步增长，尽管 OA 出版物的比例仍然很低。研究发现：（1）撒哈拉以南非洲研究人员的开放获取文章集中在影响因子较低的期刊上；(2) 撒哈拉以南非洲的作者倾向于在付费专区后的高质量期刊上发表文章，而不是在没有或开放获取成本较低的低质量期刊上发表。