Paying for Open Access: The author’s perspective

"This report aims to share a better understanding of authors’ perspectives on APC payments. This will support the development of an optimal communication and administrative strategy in order to encourage the use of existing APC funding mechanisms by authors.

To address these research questions, Knowledge Exchange has carried out a study among authors of six research organisations. In total, 1,069 researchers participated in online surveys about their articles published either in OA journals or in subscription journals that offer the option to publish individual articles on OA for an additional fee (so-called hybrid journals)."