Open access research publications in Indian Central Universities: A comparative study through bibliometric approach Jilani Gulam1, Banerjee Swapna2, Ahmad Naved3 1Assistant Librarian, Indian Maritime University, Kolkata Campus, India, Email: jilanilibrarian@gmail.com 2Professor, Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, Email: esbanerjee63@yahoo.co.in 3Deputy Librarian, Integral University, Lucknow, India, Email: aligzada@gmail.com Online published on 23 August, 2024. Abstract This study was carried outin order to assess the status of Open Access Research (OAR) undertaken and published at three top Central Universities of India namely,Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) in New Delhi, University of Hyderabad (UOH)in Hyderabad and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Aligarh. The objectives of the research were framed for the Open Access Research publications and data extracted from the Web of Science database. These universities ranked 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 9th and 10th as per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in the year 2021.A bibliometric approach was undertaken to satisfy the aboveframed objectives of the study. This simplified search strategy was applied by using affiliations of all three Universities viz. JNU, BHU, JMI, UOH and AMU separately in such a way that a maximum accuracy could be maintained. The result of the study shows that the UOH produced more OA publications with minimum utilization of financial resources in which 46.15% research are Gold Open Access, that is more than the other four universities. The study explores that close access research (in paywall journals) are published more than open access; however, it would be advantageous if such type of research is published in open access which will be freely available to the public because public funds are utilized to undertake the research in the above-mentioned universities. The study may also be useful to conduct and extend to other central universities as well as state universities and government organizations to evaluate the open access research, especially where public funds are utilized for the purpose of conducting research and universities may help their researchers by reasonable fund allocation for Article Processing Charges and encouraging for gold access or green access journals. Top Keywords Open Access Research, NIRF, Indian Universities, Research Trend. Top |