Will Plan S support or pervert Open Access ? | Ouvertures immédiates / Immediate openings

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Summary:

"From its inception, the open access movement has postulated that publishing costs should be controlled by research institutions and funded by redirecting resources after canceling journal subscriptions. In reality, things have proved more complex. Although « transformative agreements” that cover both publishing and reading have rapidly increased the percentage of articles published in open access in some institutions, the details of these agreements are generally kept secret and so their scope is difficult to compare.

Nevertheless, it is clear that making most articles open access but for a fee, if tariffs are not a realistic reflection of actual costs, will explode university library budgets (Harvard estimates this increase at 71%) and mark large differences in the ability to publish. Indeed, this could create a vicious circle whereby well-funded researchers publish more, gain more visibility as well as recognition and, as a result, get more funding.

If Plan S does not explicitly monitor and maintain, within the terms of its open publication requirement, an insurmountable ceiling on publication costs, these perverse effects of budget explosion will be inevitable. This is now where the challenge of communicating public research lies...."

Link:

https://bernardrentier.wordpress.com/2021/01/04/will-plan-s-support-or-pervert-open-access/

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oa.new oa.plan_s oa.benefits oa.risks oa.advantage oa.gold oa.green oa.fees oa.repositories oa.journals oa.double_dipping oa.rights-retention

Date tagged:

01/07/2021, 10:11

Date published:

01/07/2021, 05:13