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

[Guédon Jean-Claude]

Once again, let us be clear: the author-pay business model adopted by some OA journals is not synonymous with Gold publishing. Gold publishing is simply publishing in open access, independently of the business model.

Jean-Claude Guédon

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De : goal-bounces at eprints.org [goal-bounces at eprints.org] de la part de Jørgen Burchardt [jorgen.burchardt at mail.dk]
Envoyé : vendredi 24 octobre 2014 04:24
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Objet : [GOAL] The negative consequences of the gold Open Access model




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,



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