A side effect of the gold Open Access model is that research is not published if researchers cannot pay the publication charge. A study published today examines the nature of this phenomenon, its extent, and implications.
The study places a special focus on authors who are not affiliated with a research institution (unemployed scientists, students, as well as retired and private employees). Paying the APC is a problem for others too. Grants from publishers exist, but they are small and too uncertain to ensure that research is published optimally. A large amount of valuable research risks not being published if this publishing model dominates without alternatives or countermeasures. Researchers outside APC-financed Open Access. Implications for scholars without a paying institution. In: SAGE Open, 23 October http://sgo.sagepub.com/content/4/3/2158244014551714 Yours sincerely, Jørgen Burchardt Nyborgvej 13, DK-5750 Ringe tlf. +45 62 62 36 17 / jorgen.burcha...@mail.dk hjemmeside www.burchardt.name National Museum of Science and Technology www.tekniskmuseum.dk Videnssamfundet.dk www.videnssamfundet.dk International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility www.t2m.org
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