Springer Nature and Max Planck reach landmark open access deal in Germany | News | Chemistry World

peter.suber's bookmarks 2020-10-24

Summary:

"Some open access research advocates, however, are critical of the new agreement and the cost it imposes on researchers. ‘That opportunity is only open to selected organisations so the rest of the world cannot participate,’ says Peter Murray-Rust, a chemist at the University of Cambridge and campaigner in this area. ‘It’s basically saying that the primary point of publishing is to get an accolade,’ he continues. ‘There is a club of rich nations who get to publish in glamour journals like Nature and the publisher–academic complex works to dismiss everyone else.’

Peter Suber, who directs Harvard University library’s office for scholarly communication, is also sceptical. ‘It is a bad deal for universities, it’s not a bad deal for Nature,’ he tells Chemistry World. ‘Paying this “prestige tax” to publish in Nature is a bad idea. Libraries end up paying for Nature’s high rejection rate, not higher discoverability or visibility.’ "

Link:

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/springer-nature-and-max-planck-reach-landmark-open-access-deal-in-germany/4012650.article

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Date tagged:

10/24/2020, 16:28

Date published:

10/24/2020, 12:28