OAnarchy

A recent commentary in the Chronicle of Higher Education offered interesting reflections on the state of “open access” as a movement …
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Much thinking remains on how Open Access (OA) is best achieved in a globally coordinated and equitable manner. Will it be built on shared copies of some version of the work via an open repository (“green” OA) and/or on journals with contents that are entirely open (“gold” OA)? To what extent do these contrasting models complement each other (Guédon, 2017, p.8)? Other questions include how to fund such a system both globally and equitably, how to empower current and primary stakeholders in shaping an open future, how to transition from the currently dominant subscription model to a fully open model, and how roles of current stakeholders may change in the process.

We are pleased to introduce as a guest blogger, Matthew N. Stein, MD, who responds from a physician’s perspective to …
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I recently was honored to work with a group of colleagues from a developing country, Pakistan, on an analysis of one …
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In the previous post, we argued that a scholarly world without open access (OA) inevitably excludes some researchers and scholars …
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An idealist might believe that communications among scholars represent open, clear, reasoned debate, and that all involved will share certain …
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Perhaps the last thing that the world needs right now is another blog, but yes, we have decided to start …
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