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I am ambivalent about this. "Open Access" would definitely mean more access to articles but at what costs? The costs for OA in Elsevier (for example) could easi
by denzil_correa 9y ago
I am ambivalent about this. "Open Access" would definitely mean more access to articles but at what costs? The costs for OA in Elsevier (for example) could easily go beyond 1000$ [0]. Open Access does not mean access to articles at a higher costs. OA is to access articles for which you already paid for. Here, I see a sort of double payment - tax payer research funds + article access. Why should we pay exorbitant article access fees for research already funded by tax payers?
[0[ https://www.elsevier.com/__data/promis_misc/j.custom97.pdf https://www.elsevier.com/__data/promis_misc/j.custom97.pdf
- snakeanus 9y agoI was under the impression that they would force open access for free.
- denzil_correa 9y agoI would be happy to change my position. Do you have any links which make you feel so?
- a3_nm 9y ago> "Open Access" would definitely mean more access to articles but at what costs? This is only for what private publishers like Elsevier call "open access". Reputable publishers like LIPIcs (in computer science) charge 60 EUR per article. Besides, they charge this for all articles (i.e., there is no option to publish closed-access), so they do not sell subscriptions, hence there is no double payment.
- raarts 9y agoI thought the 'double payment' refers to people paying for the research through the tax system, and then paying again to look at the resulting paper?
- a3_nm 9y agoOops, right. I thought the parent comment referred to "double dipping" for hybrid journals (those that have both open-access and closed-access articles): where research institutes pay once for "open-access article processing charges" (to publish) and once more for subscriptions (to read the articles that are closed-access). Of course, all of this is in addition to the intrinsic cost of doing the research.