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This is a fantastic step forward, and the most drastic of measures I've seen so far. The most important part, in my opinion, is the exclusion of hybrid journals
by Vinnl 8y ago
This is a fantastic step forward, and the most drastic of measures I've seen so far. The most important part, in my opinion, is the exclusion of hybrid journals, which do not help at all in the transition to open access other than extract even more public money.
Other important steps:
- Abolishing copyright transfers
- No more embargo periods
- A cap on publication fees ("Article Processing Charges")
- SOLAR_FIELDS 8y agoThis is the closest I've seen to people attacking the problem at its root. Academics need grants to survive, and they will go after them even if it means being forced to publish in a lower-tier journal. Over time the lower-tier journals gain more status since the high-dollar grant chasing academics start publishing high quality research in them. The paywalled journals ideally subsequently either diminish in quality, lowering the incentive to publish there or switch to an open-access model.
- btrettel 8y agoWith regard to copyright transfer agreements, I have found one publisher willing to publish an article I retain copyright of. I asked at a conference. I have not yet published in a journal, as I am not willing to transfer copyright and find conferences acceptable, but when I do, this will be how. Then they won't be able to stop me from publishing the final version of the paper on a preprint site (for free access), and I still get the benefits of my research being in a journal.
- crankylinuxuser 8y agoPerhaps you could assign rights to the FSF. I'm not sure if they're prepared for that kind of battle, but my gut indicates they might be in a better place than the rest. And, they have 35 years of history showing they wouldn't sell your content under the bus.