Coronavirus may be encouraging publishers to pursue open access
peter.suber's bookmarks 2020-05-15
Summary:
"The unrestricted sharing of scientific papers during the coronavirus pandemic may have hastened the shift toward more open-access publishing, scientists believe, as several leading journals move to make content publicly available....
That move has prompted the editorial board of a leading Elsevier title, Neuron, to demand a similar switch to open access.
“The writing is on the wall for journals with a paywall, and many of us can no longer serve in good faith on the board of such journals,” says the letter calling for the change, which was signed by more than 75 leading scientists...."