  Most scientists are aware that, in addition to the traditional and
subscription-based publication model, there is also the possibility of
publishing their research in open access. Various surveys show that scientists
are in favour of this new model. Nevertheless, the transition to open access
has been very slow so far. In order to accelerate this process, we are looking
for new opportunities to create incentives for researchers to deal with the
topic of open access. In a field study with 28 participants the effects of the
game design elements badge and progress bar on the motivation when working on
an online quiz on the topic of open access are examined. In our study both game
design elements provide a statistically significant increase in the number of
questions answered compared to a control group. This suggests that gamification
is useful to motivate for open access.
