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Mandating open access solves part of the problem (public access to research), but doesn't address the rents extracted by publishers. I would bet that the publi

Mandating open access solves part of the problem (public access to research), but doesn't address the rents extracted by publishers. I would bet that the publishers are actually ok with this, as they can (and do) make authors pay huge sums to make their articles open access. So now authors are forced to pay those fees. For the author, that's fine if you have a grant or institution that will pay those fees, but it is hard for others to pay $1500 per article they want to publish. And it just shifts how institutions are paying for journal access.

Vinnl 8y ago
Self-archiving (i.e. in a state-provided repository) does not typically require additional charges. However, I'd prefer mandating Open Access without providing those fees. Authors are not really forced to pay those fees, i.e. some authors will not be able to and hence not publish their work in the traditional, expensive journals. That would mean that they would be missing out on quality work, leading to a diminished reputation, and even researchers who can pay publishing fees to forego those journals. Well, in theory at least.