Towards an open access future | Research Information

"Open Access keeps me up at night. Not the why…or the what, but the how.  With the advantages of Open Access to research so clear now – especially in the midst of a global pandemic – I lay awake thinking how we, as researchers, as publishers, as societies, as institutions can get there. How can we co-create the new open research environment we need while preserving integral aspects of the current ecosystem?

As the new Head of Open Access Journals at the Royal Society of Chemistry, it makes sense this keeps me up at night since these questions form the very core of my role and responsibilities. I’m tasked – in collaboration with my colleagues – to figure out how we can sustainably transition our successful publishing business that, for decades, has relied on subscriptions, to a model that will support Open Access (OA) to the over 37,000 articles we publish annually. ..."