Will Publishers Have Platforms? - The Scholarly Kitchen

peter.suber's bookmarks 2019-02-27

Summary:

"Today, journal content distribution is largely a publisher activity. Researchers are able to access journal articles through each of hundreds of publisher-specific content distribution websites. But, as the extensive use of Sci-Hub, repository versions, and other workarounds by entitled users makes clear, publishers are losing online traffic on their own platforms. What does this mean for the future of the publisher site and the hosted platform companies?..."

Link:

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/02/27/will-publishers-have-platforms/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.platforms oa.floss oa.sci-hub oa.sci-hub oa.ra21 oa.platforms oa.new oa.infrastructure oa.guerrilla oa.floss

Date tagged:

02/27/2019, 13:02

Date published:

02/27/2019, 08:02