Author Zone 10 - Interview with Peter Suber

"[Q] Where do you think open access will be in five years time? [A] Over the past decade we've seen steady growth in (1) peer-reviewed OA journals, (2) OA repositories, (3) OA policies at funding agencies, (4) OA policies at universities, (5) experiments with OA by traditionally non-OA publishers, and (6) understanding of OA by researchers, librarians, university administrators, funders, and policy-makers. All six of these trends will continue. There's no single "finish line" for OA, and we may never see OA for all new research literature. But within five years we should reach a tipping point at which OA is the default for new research literature...."