The Impact of the German ‘DEAL’ on Competition in the Academic Publishing Market
Authors : Justus Haucap, Nima Moshgbar, Wolfgang Benedikt Schmal The German DEAL agreements between German universities and research institutions on the one sid...
Étiquette : gold open access
Open Access Models, Pirate Libraries and Advocacy Repertoires: Policy Options for Academics to Construct and Govern Knowledge Commons
Author : Melanie Dulong de Rosnay In this article, I propose exploring open access publishing through the lenses of Knowledge Commons. Instead of focusing on us...
Publishing at any cost: a cross-sectional study of the amount that medical researchers spend on open access publishing each year
Authors : Mallory K. Ellingson, Xiaoting Shi, Joshua J. Skydel, Kate Nyhan,Richard Lehman, Joseph S. Ross, Joshua D. Wallach Objective To estimate the financial...
Transformative agreements: Do they pave the way to open access?
Authors : Ángel Borrego, Lluís Anglada, Ernest Abadal Transformative agreements, also known as ‘offsetting’, ‘read and publish’, or ‘publish and read’ agreement...
The International Open Access Movement and Its Status in Pakistan
Author : Arslan Sheikh The objective of this study is to analyze the present status of the open access movement in Pakistan, identify challenges, and make recom...
Article Processing Charge Hyperinflation and Price Insensitivity: An Open Access Sequel to the Serials Crisis
Author: Shaun Yon-Seng Khoo Open access publishing has frequently been proposed as a solution to the serials crisis, which involved unsustainable budgetary pres...
The Price of Gold: Curiosity?
Authors : Daniel W. Hook, Mark Hahnel, Christian Herzog Gold open access as characterised by the payment of an article processing charge (APC) has become one of...