Open AccessOpen access: brave new world requires bravery
Author(s) -
Stephen Curry
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
insights
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2048-7754
DOI - 10.1629/2048-7754.26.1.22
Subject(s) - publishing , courage , government (linguistics) , preference , finch , political science , work (physics) , public relations , media studies , library science , sociology , computer science , engineering , law , economics , philosophy , mechanical engineering , ecology , linguistics , biology , microeconomics
The year 2012 heralded significant developments in open access (OA) that impacted the relationships between the major stakeholders in scholarly publishing: researchers, funders, publishers and governments. In the UK, the clear preference for a gold OA policy enunciated by the government-backed Finch Report is now being implemented by the research councils. Although the policy has been modified to include green routes to OA publishing, arguments continue about the optimal route to a system of open access that can work on a global scale. Resolution of these disputes will require courage and imagination