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I disagree. Most open access journals offer lower, and sometimes free pricing, for researchers from developing countries. For example PloS One (one of the main
by resiros 5y ago
I disagree. Most open access journals offer lower, and sometimes free pricing, for researchers from developing countries. For example PloS One (one of the main open access journals) offer free publishing to ~100 countries <https://plos.org/publish/fees/group-1-countries/ https://plos.org/publish/fees/group-1-countries/>)
This does not affect the open access business model: Only a small fraction of papers is submitted by researchers in developing countries.
- OmicronCeti 5y agoPloS One is not really open access... The vast majority of journals function under a Subscription/Paid open-access model, PloS One just mandates the second option. I've forked out >$4k for a high-quality journal to make my research open-access. Or I could have paid $0 and it would be behind a paywall. Some like Nature, publish largely open-access but it can cost >$8k to be published there.