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From serials crisis to dollar crisis: The compelling evidence against APC‐based open access in sub‐Saharan Africa countries - Adegbilero‐Iwari - Learned Publishing - Wiley Online Library

peter.suber's bookmarks 2024-09-06

Summary:

"Key points

 

  • The article processing charges (APC)-based model of open access has constituted a major obstacle to achieving open access in developing countries.
  • High exchange rates of local currencies to the dollar make sustaining the APC open access model impractical.
  • Other approaches should be used to achieve equitable and inclusive open access...."

Link:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/leap.1620

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oa.new oa.fees oa.obstacles oa.economics_of oa.africa oa.south oa.paywalled oa.dei

Date tagged:

09/06/2024, 10:30

Date published:

09/06/2024, 06:30