Oxford Press gooit tijdschriften weer achter betaalmuur | advalvas

From Google Translate: "Dutch scientists will soon lose access to journals from Oxford University Press, is now negotiating with universities association VSNU have foundered on open access .

Old items will still be available, ensures a spokesman university association VSNU, but since there is no more agreement today between the Dutch universities and Oxford University Press. The publisher would have made no offer 'affordable open access'.

Pay per publication

The Dutch universities aim that all their scientific publications from 2020 are freely accessible to everyone. They want all steps are put in that direction.

Open access requires a financial turnaround. In the old model universities pay for expensive subscriptions, while publishing for researchers is free. In the new model, paying scientists to publish and allowed everyone (from scientists to amateur) read their articles for free. But what then is the rate?

continue negotiations

'Publishers have the choice to go along with this development, but open access is anyway the new standard. With or without the publishers,' said Executive Chairman Jaap Winter of the Free University of Amsterdam, also a negotiator for the VSNU.

The publisher could not be reached for comment, but on her website she declares support open access right. Presumably the conflict is mostly about the cost, not the principle.

The VSNU wants to continue the negotiations. 'Other publishers are willing to take steps,' said a spokesman. 'We understand that you do not jump to full open access at one time, but there must be movement in it.'"