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Archives: Peter Suber

Diversity in the Open Access Movement, Part 2: Differing Goals

What, if anything, should be done about the fact that the Open Access movement embraces not only a variety of definitions of the term “open access,” but also a diversity of visions as to what constitutes an acceptable future for access to scholarship?

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jan 24, 2017
  • 9 Comments

Post Open Access Sting: An Interview With John Bohannon

One month since Science Magazine published its exposé on the lack of peer-review in, and deceptive business practices of, many open access journals, investigative reporter, John Bohannon, responds to critics.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Nov 12, 2013
  • 35 Comments

Money Talks — How Audience Priorities and Publishing Incentives Can Lead to Unusual OA Behaviors

Two separate but coincidental stances toward money and OA show that when it comes to getting things done, there’s nothing quite as useful as the right incentive — even when it turns OA principles on their head.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 19, 2012
  • 60 Comments

London Calling — Open Access PR Wends Its Way From London Into a Major US Newspaper

Another open access plug piece, this time in the Gray Lady herself, but fed from London (yet again). Is there something more to all this?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 22, 2011
  • 68 Comments

Publisher Rights, Author Perceptions

Journal authors have more rights than they. Why is this disjoint dangerous and what can publishers do?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Mar 19, 2009
  • 1 Comment

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