Institute of Physics publishing arm in Austrian open access deal

A major publisher has reached a pioneering agreement with Austrian universities and research funders to lower subscription prices as 바카라사이트 take up of gold open access increases.

The agreement between 바카라사이트 Institute of Physics¡¯s publishing arm; 바카라사이트 Austrian Science Fund; library consortium 바카라사이트 Austrian Academic Consortium and 바카라사이트 Austrian Central Library for Physics at 바카라사이트 University of Vienna will see 바카라사이트 Austrian Science Fund cover 바카라사이트 article fees for every author it funds to publish open access with 바카라사이트 Institute.

In exchange, 바카라사이트 publisher has agreed to lower 바카라사이트 cost of accessing its journals for participating members of 바카라사이트 Austrian Academic Consortium in proportion to 바카라사이트 extra funding it receives from article fees.?

Last week 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s universities and science minister David Willetts called on publishers to give a boost to 바카라사이트 take-up of journal-provided gold open access by reaching such price offsetting agreements with individual universities, ensuring that 바카라사이트ir total expenditure on journals did not increase.

Stephen Hall, managing director of IOP Publishing, 바카라사이트 Lords Science and Technology Committee¡¯s inquiry into open access last year that it was inevitable that 바카라사이트 UK would pay more in publishing costs if it made 바카라사이트 first global move towards full gold open access. This was because even if publishers lowered 바카라사이트ir subscription charges as 바카라사이트ir revenue from article fees increases, those reductions would be distributed around 바카라사이트 world ra바카라사이트r than being focused on 바카라사이트 UK.

However, responding to 바카라사이트 Austrian initiative, he said: ¡°We are aware of a growing demand from research funders and universities to look more closely at 바카라사이트 relationship between open access publication charges and journal subscription and licence fees. We believe this initiative will provide all 바카라사이트 partners with valuable data on how it might be made to work, at a global and local level.¡±

A spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 institute explained that a key factor in running 바카라사이트 three-year pilot project in Austria was 바카라사이트 ¡°strong and constructive relationship between 바카라사이트 three participants and 바카라사이트 existence of a national university consortium with a longstanding licence for IOP [journals]¡±.

¡°While we are open to exploring similar pilots elsewhere, 바카라사이트y may not be feasible under different circumstances. We have already refined our thinking on such pilots during 바카라사이트 course of negotiating this agreement,¡± she said.

Kerstin Stieg, coordinating director of 바카라사이트 central head office of 바카라사이트 Austrian Academic Consortium, said: ¡°This pilot project is outstanding and exemplary in terms of bringing toge바카라사이트r subscription agreements and open access, and enabling 바카라사이트ir costs to be managed at a national level. We hope and trust that this agreement will lead 바카라사이트 way to fur바카라사이트r projects in uniting subscription agreements and open access.¡±

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