Open access will remain a half-revolution – interview with richard Poynder

[Introduction] The world will surely get open access but the research community will probably fail to resolve the affordability problem that led many to join the OA movement in the first place, claims Richard Poynder in conversation with Michał Starczewski. Publishers appear to be the only “stakeholders” who are relatively organised and coherent about open access and it is to them that the paymasters are turning. OA advocates have failed to take responsibility for the movement. Furthermore, there does not appear to be much appetite in the research community for giving up publishing in prestigious journals, and abandoning the notorious Impact Factor. Therefore essentially, the focus needs to shift from, “How can we force researchers to embrace OA?” to, “How can we use the network to create a more effective and efficient scholarly communication system, one fit for the 21st Century?”