Hilda Bastian: Principles, Open Access, & Everyday Choices | Absolutely Maybe

"...My position has shifted in the last few years on several issues related to open-ness in science and publishing. Some of that is because of shifting or building evidence. Such as gradually moving to a strong position in favor of open peer review. But some of it is because I realized I had made the wrong choice between competing principles and values.

For example, I had committed to never publishing in a journal that wasn’t completely open access with no subscriptions (“gold” open access) – even if that meant pulling out of projects because that wasn’t the group’s plan. And I did that. And I regret it. Opportunity to possibly influence a large audience was a cost of that position. So for now at least, I decided to modify the commitment to cover only scientific research results specifically...."