Libraries continue to sign Transformative Agreements while becoming increasingly convinced that they do not represent the desired transformation. Peter Barr explains why this happens.
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Christos Petrou takes a look at the Guest Editor model for publishing and its recent impact on Hindawi and MDPI, as Clarivate has delisted some of their journals.
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Reporting on a Mellon-funded open access monograph pilot, UNC Press Director John Sherer notes successes and remaining challenges.
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Is the OA movement painting itself into a corner with concerns about new OA rules and regulations?
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Thilo Koerkel presents a new publication, aimed filling the gap between the popular science magazine Scientific American and the highly technical specialist language of research journals. How potentially useful is this approach?
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The cost to publish OA is quickly becoming a new paywall in science, substituting the difficulty to read papers with the inability to showcase results in journals seen as reputable, due to the financial barrier of APCs.
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Alan Harvey from Stanford University Press discusses their evolving strategy in turbulent times.
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An interview with Mark Robertson about the CAST/STM report on open access and China.
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Much of the scholarly publishing sector has already experienced a flight to scale. Today, Roger Schonfeld asks: Is a major consolidation among humanities and social sciences publishers coming next?
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Rick Anderson interviews Nick Lindsay of MIT Press about the press's new shift+OPEN program for subscription journals that want to go OA.
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The President of the American Nuclear Society explains why the Nelson Memo may cause trepidation but bring opportunity.
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