The APC Dam Is Breaking | Jeff Pooley
flavoursofopenscience's bookmarks 2022-08-11
Summary:
The article processing charge (APC)—and its stealthy cousin, the read-and-publish deal—are finally coming under the ferocious assault that they deserve. This last year, both the UNESCO Open Science Recommendation and the Budapest Open Access Initiative came out strong against the author-excluding APC.
And consider the last month alone:
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