The APC-Effect: Stratification in Open Access Publishing
Authors : Thomas Klebel,Tony Ross-Hellauer Current implementations of Open Access (OA) publishing frequently involve Article Publishing Charges (APCs). Increasi...
Étiquette : article-processing charges
How transformative agreements are actually transforming the subscription system: a society publisher’s perspective
Authors : Graham Anderson, Jade Heyman, Maggie Simmons Transformative agreements (TAs) are useful tools to accelerate the growth in open access (OA) for small p...
Should open access lead to closed research? The trends towards paying to perform research
Authors : Lin Zhang, Yahui Wei, Ying Huang, Gunnar Sivertsen Open Access (OA) emerged as an important transition in scholarly publishing worldwide during the pa...
From library budget to information budget: fostering transparency in the transformation towards open access
Author: Heinz Pampel The discussion on the transformation of scholarly journals to open access (OA) increasingly concerns financial aspects. Considering the var...
Attitudes, willingness, and resources to cover article publishing charges: The influence of age, position, income level country, discipline and open access habits
Authors : Francisco Segado-Boj, Juan-Jose Prieto-Gutiérrez, Juan Martín-Quevedo The rise of open access (OA) publishing has been followed by the expansion of th...
The Rise of Platinum Open Access Journals with Both Impact Factors and Zero Article Processing Charges
Author : Joshua M. Pearce It appears that open access (OA) academic publishing is better for science because it provides frictionless access to make significant...
Surveillance Publishing
Author : Jeff Pooley This essay develops the idea of surveillance publishing, with special attention to the example of Elsevier. A scholarly publisher can be de...