Open access: A problem way beyond one nation one subscription
Open access: A problem way beyond one nation one subscription December 13, 2020, 7:11 PM IST The Best Things in Life Are Free. How wonderful it would be if this was true for research outputs. Sadly, access to scholarly journal articles comes with a price posing a heavy financial burden on academic institutions. The past two decades have witnessed accelerated demand for open access (OA) to scholarly publications propelled by the progress in digital technologies. Global organisations, including UNESCO and OECD, are proactively promoting the transition towards OA. In this...