[GOAL] The negative consequences of the gold Open Access model

[Jørgen Burchardt]

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.burchardt at 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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