[GOAL] Re: [Open-access] WileyOpenAccess is now CC-BY

[Stevan Harnad]

Wiley publishes nearly 1500 journals
http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/

1064 of them are Wiley-Blackwell journals according to SHERPA-Romeo
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/pub/580/

And 246 of the John Wiley and Sons journals according to SHERPA-Romeo
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/pub/45/

Wiley Open Access publishes 12 pure-Gold OA journals (cost c. $2000 - $3000)
http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/details/content/12f25d2979e/Authors.html

In addition the Wiley OnlineOpen Hybrid Gold OA option (cost c. $3000) is
available for some 1240 Wiley journals (80%), eight of them now offering
CC-BY.
http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-40

The SHERPA-Romeo information (as well as the Wiley information) on Wiley's
policy on un-embargoed Gratis Green OA self-archiving is now quite
complicated and difficult to understand, so let me put a very simple,
straight-forward question to John Wiley & Sons (Wiley-1) and to
Wiley-Blackwell (Wiley-2) publishers:

Does Wiley-1/Wiley-2, like Springer, formally recognize its authors' right
to make their final, refereed drafts OA immediately upon publication (no
embargo) by self-archiving them in their institutional OA repository (Green
OA)?

If the answer is yes, then the 1240 Wiley paid Gold OA options and the
eight of them with CC-BY are a very welcome and positive step.

If, unlike Springer (which also offers paid Gold, both full and hybrid),
Wiley-1/Wiley-2 embargoes Green OA, then Wiley's Gold OA options (including
CC-BY) are a Trojan Horse, and a highly expensive one, blocking Green OA in
order to force authors who want to provide immediate OA to pay for it, even
though institutional subscriptions are paying publication costs in full.

In the latter case, CC-BY is an (easy) sop, providing something that only a
few sub-fields need (CC-BY) at the cost of denying all fields what they
urgently need (OA) unless they are able and willing to pay Wiley even more
money for it.

A clear, unequivocal answer from Wiley-1/Wiley-2 could settle this at once.

And then we'll know whether Wiley's recent PR is indeed progress for OA, or
another attempt to block it (until it comes on the publisher's financial
terms).

Stevan Harnad


On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:

> This is fantastic Ross! A very welcome development. :-)
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Naomi Lillie <naomi.lillie at okfn.org>
> wrote:
> > Great news, Ross! A sign that the hard work you, PMR and others are
> putting
> > in is making a *big* difference :-)
> >
> >
> > On 14 August 2012 14:56, Ross Mounce <ross.mounce at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Just a quick note:
> >>
> >> Wiley have sent out a press release today to announce that they have
> >> changed the licensing conditions of their 'WileyOpenAccess' branded
> >> journals.
> >> http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/PressRelease/pressReleaseId-104537.html
> >>
> >> They have now adopted the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence.
> >>
> >> I and many others have repeatedly pointed out that the label
> >> 'WileyOpenAccess' doesn't fit the CC BY-NC license they were previously
> >> using. So this is a small but welcome victory for common sense and Open
> >> Access.
> >>
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Ross
> >>
> >> Related links:
> >> http://ucfagls.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/sometimes-i-am-lost-for-words/&
> >>
> http://svpow.com/2012/07/03/dear-wiley-please-use-creative-commons-attribution-for-your-open-access-activities/
> >>
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