Authors from the periphery countries choose open access more often

This article analyses attitudes of academic authors toward open access (OA) and the frequency of choosing OA publication venues. The research looks particularly at differences between authors based in countries with a gross domestic product per capita less or greater than US18, 000 (called periphery and core countries, respectively). The data were obtained with an online survey sent to 107, 296 scholars listed on the mailing lists belonging to De Gruyter Open from December 2015 to January 2016.