Jan Velterop: Of Subscriptions and Article Processing Charges | SciELO in Perspective

"I am seeing more and more criticisms of Article Processing Charges (APCs). Whilst many of them concern the size of the fees, there is also criticism of the APC concept itself. Of course, fees are often high. Too high, particularly in the case of so-called “hybrid” journals. More about that below....

....Which brings me to the conclusion (which I already reached earlier1) that preprints (sorry, that’s what they’re widely called) – with CC-BY or CC-zero licences – may play a vital role in changing the system of scientific communication. The benefits are clear.... SciELO is due to launch “SciELO Preprints” in the coming year."

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