Book review: The Economics of Open Access – on the Future of Academic Publishing

tagteam101's bookmarks 2018-09-11

Summary:

Two decades ago, the world of academic publishing was taken by a storm called ‘open access’. The movement of ‘open access’ advocates for making published content available to the public for free. No fees and no (or little) right-based restrictions to limit access (apparently, the wisdom that authors need financial incentives to create does not apply to scholars who write for pleasure or reputation alone). The aim of open access is [was] to democratize access to knowledge.  In ‘The Economics Open Access’, Thomas Eger and Marc Scheufen investigate whether ‘open access’ strategies have delivered on their promises.

Link:

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/09/book-review-economics-of-open-access-on.html

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » Graham Steel's bookmarks

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Date tagged:

09/11/2018, 13:18

Date published:

09/11/2018, 09:18