Advancing scholarly publishing through open access biomedical repositories: A knowledge management perspective

• Published in: IFLA journal Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 233 - 245
• Main Authors: Kruesi, Lisa, Tanner, Kerry, Burstein, Frada
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2019; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Knowledge management; Open access; Scholarly publishing; Australasia; Europe PMC; open access biomedical repositories; open science; PubMed Central; scholarly publishing; Australasia; evidence-based healthcare model; PMC; PMC international; knowledge management
• ISSN: 0340-0352; 1745-2651
• DOI: 10.1177/0340035219846139

Scholarly publishing has undergone major changes over the past 50 years. Funder mandates and organisational reporting obligations have heralded the creation of open access repositories, such as institutional and subject repositories. This research draws upon the US PubMed Central (PMC) and Europe PMC, also known as PMC International, as a role model to inform the concept and opportunity for an Australasia open access biomedical repository. PMC International is a leader in making citations and research output, which link to research data, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR). As repositories approach two decades of development, this paper reports on the potential for an Australasia open access biomedical repository through a knowledge management lens and explores the opportunities for future open access biomedical repositories.