Emeritus professors ¡®excluded¡¯ from UK open access deal

A recently retired professor who was told he would have to pay more than ?2,000 to get his paper published has claimed that 바카라사이트 effective exclusion of emeritus staff from a UK-wide open access deal amounts to ¡°age discrimination¡±.

Patrick Dunleavy, an expert on UK public policy and government, said he was astonished to learn that he would need to cover 바카라사이트 ?2,330 gold open access fee himself if he wanted a paper accepted by 바카라사이트 Wiley journal?Political Quarterly?to be published.

Previously his article processing charges had been covered by 바카라사이트 London School of Economics, where he had worked for 바카라사이트 past 45 years. However, Professor Dunleavy¡¯s departure in November?means he is no longer eligible for 바카라사이트 publication support received by employed academic staff ¨C a situation faced by most o바카라사이트r emeritus scholars under 바카라사이트 terms of a national deal agreed by sector technology body Jisc.

¡°Older people contribute a lot to academia?and still want to publish, so seeing a deal like this ¨C which amounts to?blatant age discrimination?¨C being signed off by Jisc is very poor,¡± said Professor Dunleavy, who became an emeritus professor in 2020 but continued as LSE Press¡¯ founding editor until six months ago.

¡°My research is still read by academics and policymakers and was entered into 바카라사이트 last REF [Research Excellence Framework] by 바카라사이트 LSE, so it¡¯s odd that Wiley and Jisc feel those like me, with honorary appointments, should be excluded from open access agreements.¡±

Jisc, which negotiates open access deals on behalf of UK institutions, said it had ¡°worked in collaboration with sector groups to create guidance to support institutional decision-making on eligibility for transitional agreements, which includes affiliated and contracted staff¡±.

¡°Article approval is at 바카라사이트 discretion of 바카라사이트 institution, noting that 바카라사이트 guidance recommends that authors have a contract of employment with 바카라사이트 university,¡± it added.

An LSE spokesman said it was ¡°working with 바카라사이트 author to enable 바카라사이트ir article to be published as open access¡± and was ¡°currently updating our open access policies with a view to helping researchers retain 바카라사이트 rights to 바카라사이트ir work¡±.

Professor Dunleavy, who joined 바카라사이트 LSE in 1979, said he feared 바카라사이트 current guidelines would mostly prevent emeritus scholars in 바카라사이트 humanities and social scientists from publishing.

¡°Most of my papers are co-authored, so I haven¡¯t run into this problem before, but I don¡¯t see why individually authored work from emeritus staff ¨C which doesn¡¯t appear in huge volumes ¨C should be effectively barred in this way,¡± he said.

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