Ending profiteering from publicly-funded research
peter.suber's bookmarks 2024-03-21
Summary:
"Key Findings:
- Australia’s public research institutions funnel an estimated $1 billion into the pockets of private academic publishers every year. Institutions spend $300 million on journal subscriptions alone.
- One‑off access for a single article can cost between AUD $30 and $500.
- Australia’s Chief Scientist has proposed a plan to pressure publishers to slash their exorbitant publishing and subscription fees, but it does not go far enough.
- The Australia Institute is recommending reforms to how funding bodies award research grants. These include:
- Revising grant criteria to reward publication in open access journals with much lower publishing fees.
- Trialling a lottery-based system for the allocation of grants to reduce the emphasis on publication in grant applications.
- Introducing grants specifically for researchers committed to open-science principles;
- Encouraging the rapid publication of research results through preprint servers.
- Encouraging the development of institutional repositories focused on publishing original research."
Link:
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