Influence of research on open science in the public policy sphere

This paper analyses the scientific activity related to open science in Spain and its influence on public policy from a bibliometric perspective. For this purpose, Spanish centres' projects and publications on open science from 2010 to 2020 are studied. Subsequently, policy documents using papers related to open science are analysed to study their influence on policymaking. A total of 142 projects and 1491 publications are analysed, 15% of which are mentioned in policy documents.The publications cited in policy documents display high proportions of international collaboration, open access publication and publication in first-quartile journals. The findings underline governments' leading role in the implementation of open science policies and the funding of open science research. The same government agencies that promote and fund open science research are shown to use that research in their institutional reports, a process known as knowledge flow feedback. Other non-academic actors are also observed to make use of the knowledge produced by open science research, showing how the open science movement has crossed the boundaries of academia.

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This paper analyzes the scientific activity related to open science in Spain and its impact on public policy from a bibliometric perspective. The projects and publications on open science by Spanish centers from 2010 to 2020 are studied. Policy documents using papers related to open science are analyzed to examine their influence on policymaking. A total of 142 projects and 1491 publications are analyzed, with 15% of them being mentioned in policy documents. The publications cited in policy documents display high proportions of international collaboration, open access publication, and publication in first-quartile journals. The findings highlight the government's role in implementing open science policies and funding open science research. The government agencies that promote and fund open science research are shown to use that research in their institutional reports, a process known as knowledge flow feedback. Other non-academic actors are also observed to utilize the knowledge produced by open science research, indicating the expansion of the open science movement beyond academia.