Latest posts tagged with #BOAI20 on Bluesky
Today is the 24th birthday of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/
Though best known for catalyzing the #OpenAccess movement in 2002, the BOAI has been continuously active and formed a nonprofit organization just last year […]
Unclear on the concept
This editorial in a #Wiley journal praises Wiley for promoting equitable #OpenAccess publishing in #LatinAmerica through #ReadAndPublish agreements that discount #APCs in proportion to national GDP.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.71964
PS: To me […]
Update. My own objections to these deals overlap significantly with Barr's. See the #BOAI20 Recommendation 4 ("Move away from read-and-publish agreements").
www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/
Peter Barr explains why three UK #universities recently cancelled their #Elsevier #ReadAndPublish agreements and why their are unsustainable.
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php
PS: For my own objections to these deals overlap significantly with Barr's. See the […]
Today is the 23d birthday of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/
BOAI is still active and issued its 20th anniversary recommendations in 2022.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/
Unlike previous BOAI statements, which made […]
New study: "Research institutions seem to be 'trapped' in #TransformativeAgreements. Instead of being a bridge towards a fully #OpenAccess world, academia is stuck in the #hybrid system."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.20224
PS: This confirms the #BOAI20 diagnosis (March 2022): "Paying #APCs at […]
One of the strongest objections to #APCs is that they exclude researchers on economic grounds, unrelated to the merit of their work. (See e.g. the #BOAI20, recommendation 3.)
A new study argues that this exclusion shows up in #CitationBias against authors from the #GlobalSouth. The bias itself […]
Update. For a critique of "transformative" or read-and-publishing agreements, see Recommendation 4 of the Budapest Open Access Initiative 20th anniversary statement. (Disclosure: I helped write this.) https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/
#APCs #BOAI #BOAI20 #DiamondOA #GreenOA
recommendations, including #RightsRetention.
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PS: It's similar in these ways to #BOAI20.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/
#OpenAccess #Copyright...
