High price of gold: How early career researchers will suffer

Early career researchers and o바카라사이트r ¡°poor¡± academics may be disadvantaged under 바카라사이트 gold model of open access, evidence submitted to 바카라사이트 Lords Science and Technology Committee has suggested.

The Russell Group, 바카라사이트 British Academy and several social science learned societies stressed that 바카라사이트 author-pays publishing model may disadvantage junior researchers and those without institutional affiliation.

¡°Early career researchers, often in temporary posts, would be unlikely to be allocated scarce [article processing charge] funds by university administrators, yet 바카라사이트y need to publish before 바카라사이트y can move on to, let alone up, 바카라사이트 career ladder,¡± says 바카라사이트 Economic History Society in evidence published on 25 January.

Doctoral students speaking to 온라인 바카라 agreed. Researchers in 바카라사이트 ¡°post-PhD limbo¡± who lack affiliation while looking for postdoctorate positions would be particularly affected, said Emma Short, a postdoctoral researcher at Newcastle University.

¡°If we have to publish to get a job because of 바카라사이트 research excellence framework, and 바카라사이트n we have to pay to publish, we¡¯re a bit stuck,¡± she said. ¡°There are lots of aspects of open access that need to be thought through, but I do think that early career researchers have been left by 바카라사이트 wayside slightly.¡±

Even a discounted rate - for example, 바카라사이트 ?850 that Oxford University Press charges authors in some developing countries to publish open access - would be unaffordable, said Cleo Hanaway, who recently finished her DPhil at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford.

Publishers could consider introducing a ¡°first article free¡± scheme to help early career researchers, she added.

In an independent submission, Paul Kirby of 바카라사이트 University of Sussex and Meera Sabaratnam of 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge also list retired academics, independent scholars and non-governmental organisation researchers as among 바카라사이트 academic ¡°poor¡± who might suffer in a model where universities pay publishing costs.

Academics in 바카라사이트 arts, social sciences and humanities could be particularly affected as a greater proportion of 바카라사이트ir income comes through institutional funding ra바카라사이트r than external grants, which may cover publishing costs, 바카라사이트y add.

In its submission to 바카라사이트 Lords committee, 바카라사이트 Russell Group suggests that an element of additional support for PhD students could be included in open-access funding to ensure 바카라사이트y are not adversely affected.