From coalition to commons: Plan S and the future of scholarly communication
Author : Rob Johnson The announcement of Plan S in September 2018 triggered a wide-ranging debate over how best to accelerate the shift to open access. The Plan...
Étiquette : open access
Common Struggles: Policy-based vs. scholar-led approaches to open access in the humanities
Author : Samuel A. Moore Open access publishing (OA) not only removes price and permission restrictions to academic research, but also represents an opportunity...
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...
arXiv and the Symbiosis of Physics Preprints and Journal Review Articles: A Model
Author : Brian Simboli This paper recommends a publishing model that can help achieve the goal of reforming physics publishing. It distinguishes two complementa...
Knowledge and motivations of researchers publishing in presumed predatory journals: a survey
Authors : Kelly D Cobey, Agnes Grudniewicz, Manoj M Lalu, Danielle B Rice, Hana Raffoul, David Moher Objectives To develop effective interventions to prevent pu...
Do Authors Deposit on Time? Tracking Open Access Policy Compliance
Authors : Drahomira Herrmannova, Nancy Pontika, Petr Knoth Recent years have seen fast growth in the number of policies mandating Open Access (OA) to research o...
If Research Libraries and Funders Finance Open Access: Moving Beyond Subscriptions and APCs
Authors : John Willinsky, Matthew Rusk Following the examples of SCOAP3, in which libraries fund open access, and eLife, in which funding agencies have begun to...