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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2007266/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2007266/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Italy’s unclaimed armored vehicles show up in Ukrainian combat units <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArmoredVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArmoredVehicles</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DefenseTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefenseTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InfantryTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfantryTransport</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ItalianMilitaryAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItalianMilitaryAid</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>italy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ItalyUkraineAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItalyUkraineAid</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryLogistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryLogistics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Puma6x6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Puma6x6</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a></p>
DOAJ<p>DOAJ and EZB: Working together for more visibility of information on publishing. </p><p>A new collaboration will see DOAJ and EZB contribute to greater transparency in scholarly publishing, empowering authors with the information they need to make informed publishing decisions</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOAJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOAJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metadata</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> </p><p>All details at <a href="https://blog.doaj.org/2025/04/10/doaj-and-ezb-working-together-for-more-visibility-of-information-on-publishing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.doaj.org/2025/04/10/doaj-</span><span class="invisible">and-ezb-working-together-for-more-visibility-of-information-on-publishing/</span></a></p>
Eric Schares<p>New paper! We develop a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Bayesian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bayesian</span></a> statistical model to better predict future publishing counts by an institution w/ a particular publisher and the associated <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a>. This is important because any <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> negotiation depends heavily on the expected publication output.</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24981" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1002/asi.24981</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Peter Suber<p>Here's another piece that made it through peer review (at Oxford UP) falsely assuming that all <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OpenAccess" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> journals charge <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23APCs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#APCs</a>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf092" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">doi.org/10.1093/ejct...</a> The author concludes that there is *not* too much OA, but only because APC discounts and waivers exist. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ScholComm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a><br><br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf092" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Too much of a good thing? Rede...</a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. Here's another piece that made it through peer review (at Oxford UP) falsely assuming that all <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> journals charge <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a>. <br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf092" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf092</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The author concludes that there is *not* too much OA, but only because APC discounts and waivers exist. Imagine how much she could have strengthened her argument by bringing in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiamondOA</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://h4.io/@joshisanonymous" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joshisanonymous</span></a></span> <br>Bracketing the problem of deciding which journals are "prominent", we have a good answer from the Directory of Open Access Journals (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DOAJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOAJ</span></a>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@DOAJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DOAJ</span></a></span>). As of today, it lists 21,452 <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> journals, of which 13,712 are <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiamondOA</span></a> or charge no <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a>. Hence. 63.9% (≈ 64%) of DOAJ-listed journals charge no APCs.</p>
petersuber<p>Update. Here's another unrefereed letter to the editor (this time at Physics Today) falsely asserting that all <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> journals charge <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a>, effectively denying the existence and prevalence of no-APC OA (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiamondOA</span></a>) journals , and failing to acknowledge the existence of OA repositories (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a>).<br><a href="https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/78/3/8/3337073/Open-access-for-reading-or-closed-access-for" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/78/3/8/3337073/Open-access-for-reading-or-closed-access-for</span></a></p>
Beate Rajski<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@obibJournal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>obibJournal</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@bmittermaier" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bmittermaier</span></a></span> Danke für den Artikel! In den Bibliotheken sind wir wahrscheinlich überzeugt von den drei Schlussfolgerungen. Für die Kommunikation in die Hochschulen eine Herausforderung. Zu schnell wird die Diskussion auf <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> reduziert. „Meine“ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@tub" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tub</span></a></span> hat sich deshalb schon länger dafür entschieden, unter <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> finanzieren unsere drei Säulen im Sinne des <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/informationsbudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>informationsbudget</span></a> sichtbar zu machen: <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Publikationsfonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publikationsfonds</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Transformationsvertr%C3%A4ge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transformationsverträge</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/diamondoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diamondoa</span></a> <a href="https://www.tub.tuhh.de/publizieren/openaccess/finanzierung/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tub.tuhh.de/publizieren/openac</span><span class="invisible">cess/finanzierung/</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Today is the 23d birthday of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.<br><a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">budapestopenaccessinitiative.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/read/</span></a></p><p>BOAI is still active and issued its 20th anniversary recommendations in 2022. <br><a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">budapestopenaccessinitiative.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/boai20/</span></a></p><p>Unlike previous BOAI statements, which made many recommendations, the 20th anniversary statement deliberately focused on just a small number of top priorities:</p><p>1. Adopting <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenInfrastructure</span></a><br>2. Reforming <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ResearchAssessment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchAssessment</span></a> <br>3. Moving away from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a><br>4. Moving away from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadAndPublish</span></a> agreements. </p><p>I'm proud of my association with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BOAI</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BOAI10</span></a>, and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BOAI20</span></a>.</p><p>Happy <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ValentinesDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ValentinesDay</span></a> to all who are working for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> worldwide.</p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@neuralreckoning" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neuralreckoning</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> <br>Sorry if you already know this. The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> described <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a> policies. It required deposit in OA <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/repositories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repositories</span></a>, not submission to OA <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/journals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journals</span></a>. Some publishers told authors that they'd have to pay <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> to comply with the policy. But that was deception and spin. Compliance with the policy was always free of charge. When journals charge APCs to publish fed-funded research, it was to publish in those journals, not to comply with federal policy.</p>
v_i_o_l_a<p>"Assessing Opt-In Rates for Transformative Agreements" <a href="https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.69n1.8184" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.5860/lrts.69n1.8184</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/TransformativeAgreements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransformativeAgreements</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>New study: "Current levels of implementation of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/transformative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transformative</span></a> agreements is insufficient to bring about a large-scale transition to full <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>."<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00348" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00348</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>Reminder from the Budapest Open Access Initiative 20th anniversary statement, section 4.6: "Paying <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> at hybrid journals [through these agreements] pays the journals to stay hybrid. It pays them to resist the conversion to full <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> that many institutions intend and predict when they enter the agreements." <br><a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">budapestopenaccessinitiative.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/boai20/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BOAI20</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadAndPublish</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>New study: "Our analysis demonstrates that research institutions seem to be ‘trapped’ in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/transformative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transformative</span></a> agreements [aka <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadAndPublish</span></a> agreements]. Instead of being a bridge towards a fully <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> world, academia is stuck in the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/hybrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hybrid</span></a> system."<br><a href="https://www.cwts.nl/seminars/announcements?article=n-t2s284&amp;title=trapped-in-transformative-agreements-a-multifaceted-analysis-of-1000-contracts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cwts.nl/seminars/announcements</span><span class="invisible">?article=n-t2s284&amp;title=trapped-in-transformative-agreements-a-multifaceted-analysis-of-1000-contracts</span></a></p><p>Reminder from the Budapest Open Access Initiative 20th anniversary statement, section 4.6: "Journals covered by [transformative or read-and-publish] agreements are…hybrid journals…Paying <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> at hybrid journals [through these agreements] pays the journals to stay hybrid. It pays them to resist the conversion to full <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> that many institutions intend and predict when they enter the agreements." <br><a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">budapestopenaccessinitiative.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/boai20/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BOAI20</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>New study: "Undeclared [use of] <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> seems to appear in journals with higher citation metrics and higher article processing charges (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a>), precisely those outlets that should theoretically have the resources and expertise to avoid such oversights."<br><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15218" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2411.15218</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Misconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misconduct</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Watching with interest:</p><p>"While the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAPC</span></a> initiative has created an internationally recognized approach to the disclosure of funds in the area of publication fees [<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a>], there is still no such initiative for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/subscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subscription</span></a> costs…Against this background, the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DFG</span></a> project <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Transform2Open" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transform2Open</span></a> [<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@Transform2Open" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Transform2Open</span></a></span>] is striving for a national <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> initiative [in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>] that addresses subscription as well as transformation and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> contracts." <br><a href="https://zenodo.org/records/14505423" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zenodo.org/records/14505423</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. Here's yet another unrefereed editorial asserting that all <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> journals charge <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> and failing to acknowledge the existence or prevalence of no-APC OA (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiamondOA</span></a>) journals.<br><a href="https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(24)01080-6/fulltext" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">arthroscopyjournal.org/article</span><span class="invisible">/S0749-8063(24)01080-6/fulltext</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. Here's another unrefereed editorial asserting that all <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> journals charge <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a>. <br><a href="https://journals.lww.com/jgpt/fulltext/2025/01000/editor_s_message__pay_to_publish,_or_perish__.1.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.lww.com/jgpt/fulltext</span><span class="invisible">/2025/01000/editor_s_message__pay_to_publish,_or_perish__.1.aspx</span></a></p><p>It never acknowledges the existence of no-APC (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiamondOA</span></a>) journals or the 20+ year old fact that they far outnumber APC-based OA journals.</p>
v_i_o_l_a<p>"“Open Access APCs Are Already a Scam”: Knowledge and Opinions of Open Access and Article Processing Charges From Faculty at a Large Public University" @ Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication: <a href="https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.17647" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.17647</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. Here's another piece that made it through peer review (Oxford U Press) documenting real problems caused by <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> but leaving the false impression that all or most <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> journals charge APCs. It's silent on the existence and prevalence of non-APC OA (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiamondOA</span></a>) journals.<br><a href="https://academic.oup.com/ejcts/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ejcts/ezae447/7926881" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/ejcts/advance</span><span class="invisible">-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ejcts/ezae447/7926881</span></a><br>(<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/paywalled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paywalled</span></a>)</p>
petersuber<p>Update with a comment.</p><p>Don't throw in the towel. First, reform research <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/assessment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assessment</span></a> to move away from journal impact factors (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/JIFs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JIFs</span></a>) and to pay more attention to the quality of research than the number of publications or where they published. Second, move away from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a>. To make research <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>, favor no-APC <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiamondOA</span></a> over APC-based varieties. </p><p>BTW, the Budapest Open Access Initiative 20th anniversary statement makes both these recommendations. (Disclosure: I was a co-author.)<br><a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">budapestopenaccessinitiative.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/boai20/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BOAI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BOAI20</span></a></p>
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