Tehran University of Medical Science facultie's member's attitude toward Open access to scientific article: a survey study

Open access, a new model of scientific publishing is that readers or their institutions for access upload and copy and distribute articles and their findings do not pay a fee. This study aims to investigate the views of the faculty of Tehran University of Medical Sciences toward Open access to scientific article. A descriptive survey method was applied. Faculties’ members of Tehran University of Medical Science were population of this study. As sample, 163 faculties’ members were selected. Data gathering tool was questionnaires that its validity and reliability was confirmed in literature. Data was collected and analyzed by SPSS software and descriptive statistic methods. Results showed that more than 50 percent of faculty members believe that open access to scientific articles increase readership of them, increase the quantity and quality of scientific papers and increase citation to them. Other findings showed that the majority of faculty member (about 80 percent) thinks that publishing in open access journal hasn’t negative effect on scientific validity of articles and their academic rank. faculty members of Tehran University of Medical Sciences have a positive attitude toward open access to scientific production. Therefore, open access to scientific publications as one of the channels in scientific communication was enthusiasm by Tehran University of Medical Sciences faculty members.