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AAAS Survey on Open Access Financing Mechanisms

Posted by Monica Berger (She/her/hers) on September 28, 2023 at 1:36 pm

“The APC ‘is a model that freezes inequities into place,’ said Sudip Parikh, chief executive officer of AAAS and executive publisher of the Science family of journals.”

This summary of a October 2022 report from AAAS is a quick read. The report, not shockingly, found that most authors have no source of funding for APCs (open access publishing fees) and those that do pay APCs use grants to cover the costs. More importantly, the article and the report highlight how open access has evolved to exclude many researchers.

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- Michael Kahn
  
  Member
  September 28, 2023 at 1:55 pm
  
  Monica, I find this so relevant. Just yesterday I had a professor ask me if CUNY would pay her processing fees! I turned to Jill who really helped me understand APCs.
  - Monica Berger (She/her/hers)
    
    Participant
    September 28, 2023 at 2:58 pm
    
    Thanks Michael. I tell classroom faculty to build the APC into their next grant or to use DOAJ to find fee-free or diamond open access journals.

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