Equity for open-access journal publishing.
Open-access journals, which provide access to their scholarly articles freely and without limitations, are at a systematic disadvantage relative to traditional closed-access journal publishing and its subscription-based business model. A simple, cost-effective remedy to this inequity could put open-access publishing on a path to become a sustainable, efficient system.
Shieber
Stuart M
SM
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. shieber@seas.harvard.edu
D022126:Access to Information; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000191:economics*