Briefing Paper: Open Access Business Models and Current Trends in the Open Access Publishing System

"The Science Europe Roadmap contains a clear objective “to move from a subscription-based ‘reader-pays’ system to different business models for research publications.”1 How the transition to Open Access (OA) can occur has been, and still is, heavily debated. Through their activities, several Science Europe Member Organisations, and research funding and performing organisations in general, have contributed directly to this transition. This paper presents some of the recent trends and developments, as well as various business models currently in use which aim to facilitate the transition to OA. It also highlights expected benefits and underlines remaining challenges...."