MY ANALYSIS EXPERIENCE

Analysis of data collected was based on the Research Objective answering the Research Questions. However, there is a main objective for this study, which is to investigate the readiness of Malaysian academic researchers in Open Science in terms of awareness, practices and perception of open scholarly communication.

The analysis was in two parts:

1. Presenting the analysis for each of the research questions; and

2. Presenting the outcome of the study by calculating the readiness index of Malaysian academic research in Open Science in terms of Open Access, Open Data and Open Peer Review.

The scholarly communication readiness index is one of the major contributions of the study. In calculating the readiness index of the scholars, I adapted and modified the study of Wagayan -Alicmas and Ramos (2015), Shaizimah (2011), Ramachandran (2010) and Dalenius and Houdges (1955) in order to calculate the index score range i.e. When a scholar score 5 - (4.6-5.0), s/he is said to be Sentience in terms of categorization. S/He is of a great knowledge in terms of awareness of open scholarly communication and he/she is ready to take up the opportunities involves in it. Practically, S/he is frequently practicing open scholarly communication and is ready to take up the opportunities involves in it. In terms of Perception, S/He is very transformative on what s/he thinks about open scholarly communication and is ready to take up the opportunities involves in it. Finally, to measure their readiness, they are Extremely Ready for open scholarly communication.

Also, when a scholar score 4 - (3.6-4.5), s/he is said to be Sprinter in terms of categorization. S/He is of a moderate understanding about open scholarly communication and gaining momentum for it in terms of awareness. Practically, S/he is almost every time intended to read, shaer and publish in open scholarly communication. In terms of Perception, S/He is transformative on his/her feelings about open scholarly communication. Also, to measure their readiness, they are Moderately Ready for open scholarly communication.

Furthermore, when a scholar score 3 - (2.6-3.5), s/he is said to be Stroller in terms of classification. S/He is moving ahead with open scholarly communication but not consistent in it in terms of awareness. Practically, S/he sometimes practice open scholarly communication, and in terms of Perception, S/He is unpredictive about open scholarly communication. Also, to measure their readiness, they are Somewhat Ready for open scholarly communication.

More so, when a scholar score 2 - (2.6-3.5), s/he is known as Starter in terms of classification. S/He is of a slightly aware of open scholarly communication but lacking the consistency in the momentum in terms of awareness. Practically, S/he is almost Never practice open scholarly communication due to lacks of motivation to continue the momentum. Also, In terms of Perception, S/He shows pessimistic on the issues of open scholarly communication and they are measure/gauge as Rarely Ready for open scholarly communication.

Finally, when a scholar score 1 - (1.6-2.5), s/he is said to be Stragglers in classification. S/He is Not at all aware of open scholarly communication it in terms of awareness. Practically, S/he is Never practice open scholarly communication and in terms of Perception, S/He is very pessimistic on open scholarly communication. Also, to measure their readiness, they are Not at all Ready for open scholarly communication.

And so, scholarly communication readiness index in Open Science reveals that for: 

Open Access Readiness Index                                             W-MEAN & READINESS

i)    Total weighted mean score for Cognitive of Open Access	4.02     MR
ii)  Total weighted mean score for Conative of Open Access	3.14   SR
iii)  Total weighted mean score for Affective of Open Access	3.65    MR
Open Data Readiness Index
iv)  Total weighted mean score for Cognitive of Open Data	3.45    SR
v) Total weighted mean score for Conative of Open Data	3.14   SR
vi) Total weighted mean score for Affective of Open Data	3.60    MR
Open Peer Review Readiness Index
vii) Total weighted mean score for Cognitive of Open Peer Review	3.02    SR
viii) Total weighted mean score for Conative of Open Peer Review	3.08     SR
ix) Total weighted mean score for Affective of Open Peer Review	3.40     SR
Average weighted mean score for Scholarly Communication Readiness Index in Open Science Measures	3.40      SR

Using the legend: 5 –(4.6-5.0) Extremely Ready (ER),   4 –(3.6-4.5) Moderately Ready (MR), 3 –(2.6-3.5) Somewhat Ready (SR)  2 –(1.6-2.5) Rarely Ready (RR), 1 –(1.0-1.5) Not at all Ready (NaaR).

In conclusion

To sum the outcome of our findings, On Cognitive/Awareness of 

Open Access by the scholars, it was found out that Malaysian 

researchers are Moderately Ready for OA. Also, their perceptions 

of OA are Moderately Ready; while in the area of practices OA, 

they are Somewhat Ready.

Their Open Data Readiness Index shows that Malaysian scholars

are Somewhat Ready for Open Data Cognitive/Awareness, 

Conation/Practices and Affective/Perception respectively.

Similarly, for their Open Peer Review Readiness Index, shows that 

they are Somewhat ready too in terms of awareness, practices and 

perception of OPR based on their weighted scores. The researcher, 

therefore, concludes that Malaysian Scholars are Somewhat ready 

for Open Science

To categorizing the researchers -based on their readiness index on 

levels of cognitive, conative and affective towards open science, 

the researcher used a modified method from Wagayan-Alicmas, 

and Ramos (2015), Shaizimah (2011), Ramachandran (2010) and 

Dalenius and Hodges (1959) to gauge their readiness and 

concludes that Malaysian scholars are Strollers. They are moving 

on with the trends of open science but not-consistent in terms of 

awareness, on practices, they sometimes practice open scholarly 

communication while in terms of perception, they are neutral on it.