The Royal Society has publicly released its written testimony to the UK inquiry. The testimony is highly skeptical of the business model of OA journals. Quoting the Society's March 8 press release: "Sir John Enderby, Vice President of the Royal Society said: 'The Royal Society wholly supports the widest possible dissemination of science, particularly to developing countries. However, we are concerned that the model currently proposed for 'open access' journals, where scientists pay a fee for each paper they have published, is an unsustainable one which could also significantly impact on UK science funding. There are still a lot of issues to resolve before the scientific community could have confidence in this approach to publishing.' "
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/08/2004 08:36:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
