Mind the Gap. Research evaluation and Scientific publication
This survey is realized to inquire habits of people involved in research jobs, especially in scientific field.
It's divided in 3 sections.
First section is about your professional profile;
Second is about your publication rate and publishing habits.
Third is about H-index and other indexes.

The survey takes about 5-10 minutes.
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Which is your role in academic institution? *
How old are you?
Which is your sex?
Which is your reference institution? *
If you are an independent researcher write None
Which is your domain of research?
Clear selection
Which is your yearly gross income?
Do you have a stable working position for a research institution?
Clear selection
Publications and Open Access
How many article do you sign every year?
Write an average number
How many articles did you publish during the last year? *
Accademic Year 2014-2015
In how many are you the first author?
Which are your typical journals to publish on?
Write down your list as a comma separeted list (Nature, Science , etc...)
How often do you pay to publish?
Never
Always
Clear selection
How much money (€) do you spend, on average, to publish an article?
Please consider only author-pay publication, i.e. 3 articles where you pay 0€, 100€, 400€ the average is 250€!  
Do you think that article publication fees increased or decreased during last years?
Clear selection
How much money do you spend every year to promote your research work?
Please consider conferences, public events, missions but not publications
How often do you publish under open Creative Commons?
Here we consider only peer reviewed publications (e.g. Scientific Report)
Never
Always
Clear selection
Why do you publish under Open Access Licence?
Which indices do you take care when you choose a journal for publishing?
Write down the parameters you take in the highest consideration as comma separated list.
Did you use to publish on unreferred archive (e.g Arxiv.org, Hal)?
Choose which type of works you post on online archives
Clear selection
How much are you aware of OpenAccess movement?
I don't know what it means
I'm an active partecipant
Clear selection
What can you tell about OpenAccess?
Give your opinion about free access to scientific works
Which active alternatives do you know to commercial circuits of knowledges (in particular to pay-to-read or author-pays magazines) ?
Write down a comma separated list, alternatives are both preprint database or no-fee circuits like Episciences.org
Clear selection
Do you work as referee for Journals?
Clear selection
How often?
How many articles per year?
Are you paid for referee working?
Clear selection
How much are you paid for?
Author level metric: H-Index
Which is your H index?
Does H-index appreciate your work?
Do you feel comfortable with your rank?
No
It reflects my work
Clear selection
Do you think is proper to value research work with an index?
Clear selection
Explain your answer
Does H-index, or equivalent, affects your possibility to land a job?
No, at all
It precludes me
Clear selection
Explain your answer
Do you consider H-index, or equivalent, of your colleagues to take decisions?
No, at all
It drives me
Clear selection
Which other indexes do you consider?
Write down a comma separated list
Clear selection
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