For many universities unbundling their journal subscription deals can yield significant cost reductions, which, however, can solidify the market shares of large publishers and slow the growth of the Open Access sector, especially as concerns Gold Open Access journals. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. […]
As the London School of Economics is in the works to launch its own Open Access publishing platform, country-level associations of university libraries may be deciding to flip to Open Access on the basis of cost-benefit analyses of this model vis-à-vis subscription contract costs, as […]
As digital portals become increasingly central to the communication and sharing of scientific findings, some global publishers recognize that their presence on the corresponding platforms, such as ResearchGate, involves both risks and opportunities. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. According to a press release published […]
Though multiple models of Open Access exist, the scientific community in the field of machine intelligence research does not seem to pay heed to the need of Open Access journals to demonstrate economic sustainability, to be viable without external support in the long term. A […]
A recent research report sheds light on reasons for recent stand-offs between European universities, research institutions and large international publishers, as extant journal subscription contracts overwhelmingly fail to cover article processing charges publishing in Open Access involves. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. As a […]
While the social role of scientific societies continues being discussed, arrangements with publishers that outsource journal management may need Open Access to ensure continued service to scholarly communities, if journal titles change ownership. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. As a recent blog article by […]
As the United States’ Congress writes into law Open Access to federally funded research findings, recent survey results indicate that Open Access continues to be misunderstood in the scientific community. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. In early April 2018, research reports prepared on behalf […]
For research university libraries faced with dwindling budgets and rising costs integrating Open Access into their journal subscription can assist with negotiating better contract conditions, especially since recent studies suggest that academic faculty consult recent studies less intensively than assumed. A Blog Article by Pablo […]
Paradoxically, though the 2017 levels of Open Access article output have markedly declined across geographic regions and academic fields, the underlying trends tentatively point to the growing or stable levels of Gold Open Access over the last decade with rising levels of hybrid Open Access […]
In France, circa 100 research organizations close ranks by putting their journal subscription negotiations with Springer in abeyance, while insisting on Open Access policies and retaining access to its journal titles, as no agreement between the publisher and these French scholarly institutions was reached. A […]