Open access to scholarly communication in South Africa occurs online via journals, repositories, and a variety of other tools and platforms. Compared to other African nations, open access in South Africa has grown quickly in recent years.
According to UNESCO, South Africa is a leading African country in terms of open access policies on the governmental level and grass-roots initiatives in universities and research organizations. [1] South African signatories to the international "Open Access 2020" campaign, launched in 2016, include the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC) and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. [2] As of January 2018, there are nine research entities with policies in the international Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies. [3]
As of April 2018, the international Directory of Open Access Journals records some 79 open access journals produced in South Africa. [4]
As of July 2018, the Directory of Open Access Repositories lists 39 repositories in South Africa. This includes 11 traditional universities (or at least their departments), several universities of technology ( Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Durban University of Technology, Central University of Technology and Tshwane University of Technology), three comprehensive universities ( University of Johannesburg, University of South Africa and University of Zululand) and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). [1] [5]
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