"It is therefore straightforward to hypothesize that any policy that fails to address the non-substitutability problem in scholarly communication will also fail to solve
the affordability problem (...)."@SciPubLab & @brembs #OA #OpenAccess https://t.co/kwfFfOOvtx
Assessing the size of the affordability problem in scholarly publishing -another paper worth a deep read. Tries to estimate cost at each step of producton using public information & quote requests - Plan S requires Transparency of cost no? https://t.co/Vy8K6CUTD1
If you're interested in learning more, see @PsyOpenAccess and @freejournalnet for more info about free journal costs and models. For the numbers on conventional journal costs, see https://t.co/hnjK69LOwI #openaccess
@SciPubLab & @brembs found the representative costs of publishing a scientific paper hovers ~US$400, but APCs to authors are on avg. ~2,000 ($£€). A new @PeerJPreprints gives the how & why of their analysis #scicomm #pubcosts #OA #affordability #analysis https://t.co/5q0RC2bBZ9 https://t.co/acgaz9cxJJ