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Revised policy says grant recipients must share manuscripts as preprints — and removes support for article-processing charges. Revised policy says grant recipients must share manuscripts as preprints — and removes support for article-processing charges.
Japan will start allocating the 10 billion yen it promised to spend on institutional repositories to make the nation’s science free to read. Japan will start allocating the 10 billion yen it promised to spend on institutional repositories to make the nation’s science free to read.
Article-processing charges levied by publishers on authors have become an integral — and sometimes unpopular — part of the open-access revolution. Other options are being explored. Article-processing charges levied by publishers on authors have become an integral — and sometimes unpopular — part of the open-access revolution. Other options are being explored.
A new push for a more equitable scientific publishing system is in the making as the proponents of ‘diamond’ open access - under which neither authors or readers would pay the publishers – weigh up joining forces in a global federation.
Publishers face being ‘mere service providers’ under new vision, but critics question whether global adoption of proposals will be any wider than their predecessors