Good article. One issue that often isn't highlighted enough is the role that funding bodies play. They are complicit in maintaining publishers pricing power &

Good article. One issue that often isn't highlighted enough is the role that funding bodies play. They are complicit in maintaining publishers pricing power & market share. Many funding bodies aim to fund the "best" research. How they define "best" is through scientometrics (essentially bibliometrics or page rank for scientific articles) - scientists & the sciences are funded in part on how cited the researcher or the research is. Scientists therefore have a real economic incentive to ensure their work is published in the most popular or prestigious journals as these are the most widely cited. The funding bodies could dismantle the scientific publishing market by awarding grants based on the accessibility of the research rather than the prestige of the journal.