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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) , public relations , politics , dysfunctional family , political science , computer science , internet privacy , 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.