<doi_batch xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.crossref.org/schema/5.3.1" xmlns:jats="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/JATS1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.crossref.org/schema/5.3.1 https://www.crossref.org/schemas/crossref5.3.1.xsd" version="5.3.1"><head><doi_batch_id>episciences.org_6288_20260517170514020</doi_batch_id><timestamp>20260517170514020</timestamp><depositor><depositor_name>episciences.org</depositor_name><email_address>raphael.tournoy+crossrefapi@ccsd.cnrs.fr</email_address></depositor><registrant>episciences.org</registrant></head><body><journal><journal_metadata language="en"><full_title>ElPub - ELectronic PUBlishing</full_title><doi_data><doi>10.46298/journals/elpub</doi><resource>http://elpub.episciences.org</resource></doi_data></journal_metadata><journal_issue><publication_date media_type="online"><month>04</month><day>18</day><year>2020</year></publication_date><journal_volume><volume>Charting The Futures(s) of...</volume></journal_volume><issue>Long Papers</issue></journal_issue><journal_article publication_type="full_text" language="en"><titles><title>Open access and research dissemination in Africa</title></titles><contributors><person_name sequence="first" contributor_role="author"><given_name>Katie</given_name><surname>Wilson</surname><affiliations><institution><institution_name>Curtin University [Perth]</institution_name><institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/02n415q13</institution_id></institution><institution><institution_name>Curtin University</institution_name><institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/02n415q13</institution_id></institution></affiliations><ORCID>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8705-1027</ORCID></person_name><person_name sequence="additional" contributor_role="author"><given_name>Anthony</given_name><surname>Kiuna</surname></person_name><person_name sequence="additional" contributor_role="author"><given_name>Richard</given_name><surname>Lamptey</surname></person_name><person_name sequence="additional" contributor_role="author"><given_name>Susan</given_name><surname>Veldsman</surname><affiliations><institution><institution_name>Academy of Science of South Africa</institution_name></institution></affiliations></person_name><person_name sequence="additional" contributor_role="author"><given_name>Lucy</given_name><surname>Montgomery</surname><affiliations><institution><institution_name>Curtin University [Perth]</institution_name><institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/02n415q13</institution_id></institution><institution><institution_name>Curtin University</institution_name><institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/02n415q13</institution_id></institution></affiliations></person_name><person_name sequence="additional" contributor_role="author"><given_name>Cameron</given_name><surname>Neylon</surname><affiliations><institution><institution_name>​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ISIS Neutron and Muon Source</institution_name></institution></affiliations><ORCID>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0068-716X</ORCID></person_name><person_name sequence="additional" contributor_role="author"><given_name>Richard</given_name><surname>Hosking</surname><affiliations><institution><institution_name>Curtin University [Perth]</institution_name><institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/02n415q13</institution_id></institution><institution><institution_name>Curtin University</institution_name><institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/02n415q13</institution_id></institution></affiliations></person_name><person_name sequence="additional" contributor_role="author"><given_name>Karl</given_name><surname>Huang</surname></person_name><person_name sequence="additional" contributor_role="author"><given_name>Alkim</given_name><surname>Ozaygen</surname><affiliations><institution><institution_name>Curtin University [Perth]</institution_name><institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/02n415q13</institution_id></institution><institution><institution_name>Curtin University</institution_name><institution_id type="ror">https://ror.org/02n415q13</institution_id></institution></affiliations><ORCID>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6813-8362</ORCID></person_name></contributors><jats:abstract><jats:p xml:lang="en">This paper discusses research undertaken by the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative (COKI) andparticipants during and following an Open Knowledge international workshop held in Mauritiusin September 2019. The workshop brought together key experts to explore the role of openknowledge in the creation of equitable and inclusive global knowledge landscapes. This paperexplores the role of open access and institutional repositories in knowledge sharing and thedissemination of research output from higher education and research institutions within theAfrican continent. The paper reviews the landscape of research output from the Africancontinent; analyses open access research output, overviews of institutional knowledge sharingpositions and the dissemination of research output from Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa andUganda.</jats:p></jats:abstract><publication_date media_type="online"><month>04</month><day>18</day><year>2020</year></publication_date><acceptance_date media_type="online"><month>04</month><day>18</day><year>2020</year></acceptance_date><publisher_item><item_number item_number_type="article_number">6288</item_number></publisher_item><program xmlns="http://www.crossref.org/AccessIndicators.xsd" name="AccessIndicators"><free_to_read start_date="2020-04-18"/><license_ref applies_to="am" start_date="2020-04-18">https://about.hal.science/hal-authorisation-v1</license_ref><license_ref applies_to="vor" start_date="2020-04-18">https://about.hal.science/hal-authorisation-v1</license_ref><license_ref applies_to="tdm" start_date="2020-04-18">https://about.hal.science/hal-authorisation-v1</license_ref></program><program xmlns="http://www.crossref.org/relations.xsd"><related_item><intra_work_relation identifier-type="uri" relationship-type="isSameAs">https://hal.science/hal-02544891v1</intra_work_relation></related_item></program><doi_data><doi>10.4000/proceedings.elpub.2020.20</doi><resource>http://elpub.episciences.org/6288</resource><collection property="crawler-based"><item crawler="iParadigms"><resource>https://hal.science/hal-02544891v1/document</resource></item></collection><collection property="text-mining"><item><resource mime_type="application/pdf">https://hal.science/hal-02544891v1/document</resource></item></collection></doi_data></journal_article></journal></body></doi_batch>