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Open access — the rise and fall of a community‐driven model of scientific communication

Author(s) -

SCHÖPFEL Joachim

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

learned publishing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1741-4857

pISSN - 0953-1513

DOI - 10.1087/20150413

Subject(s) - grassroots , key (lock) , dysfunctional family , public relations , politics , political science , internet privacy , computer science , business , computer security , psychology , law , psychotherapist

Key points In 25 years, open access has become a significant part of scientific communication, but its success story should not conceal a fundamental change of its nature. Open access started at the grassroots, as a bottom‐up, community‐driven model of open journals and repositories but today the driving forces are commercial, institutional, and political interests. The fall of open access as a community‐driven model is running the risk of becoming dysfunctional for scientists and may create new barriers and digital divides.

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