Korea’s national approach to Open Science: present and possible future.

Shmagun, Hanna; Shim, Jangsup; Choi, Kwang-Nam; Shin, Suk Kyung; Kim, Jaesoo; Oppenheim, Charles

Abstract

Open Science (OS) – an emerging global trend driven by advances in digital technologies and government's commitment to greater transparency and value for money of publicly funded research – is at its early stages, even in countries with high R&D expenditures, such as South Korea. This study provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of Korea's national OS approach, with a focus on exploring the current OS regulatory and technological environments it operates under, and uncovering its SWOT – strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. It concludes that internal weaknesses, such as insufficient political will to promote OS, dominate other SWOT characteristics of Korea's national OS approach. Thus, the highest priority should be given to strategies attempting to minimise both internal weaknesses and external threats, such as reinforcing domestic Open Access publishing ecosystem to mitigate Korean researchers' dependency on large international commercial publishers.

Citation

SHMAGUN, H., SHIM, J., CHOI, K.-N., SHIN, S.K., KIM, J. and OPPENHEIM, C. 2024. Korea's national approach to Open Science: present and possible future. Journal of information science [online], 50(3), pages 766-785. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515221107336

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 12, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jul 12, 2022
• Publication Date: Jun 30, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jul 18, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 18, 2022
• Journal: Journal of information science
• Print ISSN: 0165-5515
• Electronic ISSN: 1741-6485
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 766-785
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515221107336
• Keywords: Digital infrastructure; Legal instruments; Open science; South Korea; SWOT; TOWS matrix
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1716301