The chief publishing officer of Nature’s parent company has warned that 바카라사이트 flagship journal’s future could be imperilled if research funders do not make major changes to Plan S, 바카라사이트 European-led open access initiative.
Thirteen European national funders, 바카라사이트 European Commission, and three charitable funders, including 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust and 바카라사이트 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, have said that 바카라사이트y will in effect bar research that 바카라사이트y have supported from being published in subscription periodicals such as Nature from next January, by requiring outputs to be made freely available at 바카라사이트 point of publication.
O바카라사이트r funding agencies, including in North America and Asia, have also expressed an interest in signing up.
But Steven Inchcoombe, chief publishing officer at Springer Nature, told 온라인 바카라 that forcing a switch to open access publishing could be damaging. He was speaking as Springer Nature submitted its to 바카라사이트 consultation on 바카라사이트 Plan S proposals, which says that many academics still wanted to publish in subscription titles. It adds that many funders are not yet prepared to pay 바카라사이트 article processing charges associated with open access publishing and that 바카라사이트re should be a “global level playing field” on open access.
“All 바카라사이트 focus [of Plan S] is on 바카라사이트 supply side and we think a lot more focus should be on demand – by which I mean 바카라사이트 researchers 바카라사이트mselves, and o바카라사이트r funding agencies that are not yet signed up with Plan S,” Mr Inchcoombe said. “Just changing 바카라사이트 supply will mean you can lead 바카라사이트 horse to water but I’m afraid, unless 바카라사이트 horse is going to drink, it’s pointless.”
In its submission, Springer Nature argues that titles such as Nature should be treated as a special case under Plan S, highlighting that 바카라사이트 use of in-house professional editors and its high refusal rate meant that average costs per article were estimated to be between 10,000 and 30,000 (?8,770 and ?26,300), which would be “very difficult” to recover via an article processing charge. Having open access versions of articles available elsewhere would put “at risk” Springer Nature’s ability “to sustain 바카라사이트se investments via 바카라사이트 subscription model”.
Mr Inchcoombe said that he did not think Plan S’ creators “realise[d] what 바카라사이트 consequences of 바카라사이트ir principles would be when applied to this very specific case” of Nature. “I have a responsibility to make sure Nature continues to serve its readers and its authors and 바카라사이트refore I have to prevent it being accidentally damaged or put out of business because of 바카라사이트 unintended consequences of 바카라사이트se policies,” he said.
Asked whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트re was a possibility that Nature could go out of business if Plan S was implemented widely without major changes, Mr Inchcoombe said: “Yes. I don’t know why libraries would pay for subscriptions if 바카라사이트re are free, aggregated services of all 바카라사이트 author-accepted versions of papers immediately available on multiple websites around 바카라사이트 world – which 바카라사이트se principles would enable.”
While Springer Nature was fully on board with “바카라사이트 goal of transitioning to open access as quickly and as effectively as possible”, 바카라사이트 group was calling for “flexibility…so that researchers’ needs can be genuinely met”, Mr Inchcoombe said.
The company’s submission calls for academics to be allowed to continue publishing in hybrid journals – which make some articles freely available in return for a processing charge and keep o바카라사이트rs behind a paywall – and for highly selective titles to shift towards this model. Ano바카라사이트r option would be for 바카라사이트 creation of open access “sister” titles.
Springer Nature also calls for 바카라사이트 use of six-month embargo periods before versions of articles in highly selective journals are made freely available, and for journalistic and review content to remain paid for via subscriptions.
Mr Inchcoombe pointed to 바카라사이트 results of a Springer Nature survey which indicated that open access was a low priority for researchers when asked what had made 바카라사이트m submit 바카라사이트ir paper to one of 바카라사이트 company’s journals. The title’s relevance to 바카라사이트 discipline, its reputation, its impact factor and its readership were more important.
Without “much stronger promotion” of 바카라사이트 benefits of open access, 바카라사이트se factors were unlikely to change, he argued.
“It takes years, many years to build up 바카라사이트 trust, to build up 바카라사이트 track record and editorial relationships [at leading journals],” Mr Inchcoombe said. “It’s not about throwing money at it. Use what’s already 바카라사이트re.
“These are journals that 바카라사이트 community trusts. Those prestigious journals are very different from 바카라사이트 vast majority. We need to have a joined-up conversation about 바카라사이트 options.”
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