Open access to information: a literature review

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Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, Egypt

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The study seeks to examine and analyze the Arab intellectual output related to open access to information in order to identify the paths of scientific research in it and to discover the gaps that need to be addressed by researchers and scholars. The study relies on the bibliometric method by examining and analyzing 232 studies that were counted in the period from 2005-2020
It has been found that intellectual production is low, perhaps because the subject is not a specific field, but rather a phenomenon or a modern movement, and that there is a prevalence and spread of the term open access despite the presence of other synonyms, and that a not small percentage of studies dealt with the subject in a general way, while studies dealing with elements or aspects were few. It became clear that there is a need for studies on topics such as open materials for people with special needs, information literacy about open access, and measurements of the open access literature, and that studies on open data are required as a future tool.

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