Springer Nature proposes model for open access transition

Springer Nature has proposed a model to accelerate 바카라사이트 shift towards open access publishing, in a move?that could see research papers from prestigious Nature titles made freely available.

The UK-based firm had previously promoted hybrid journals as a key part of 바카라사이트 transition to open access, and warned that European funders¡¯ demand for 바카라사이트 results of publicly funded research to be made freely available at 바카라사이트 point of publication could put its flagship Nature out of business. It has also questioned some researchers¡¯ enthusiasm for publishing in non-paywalled outlets.

But Steven Inchcoombe, Springer Nature¡¯s chief publishing officer, said its alternative models ¡°clearly didn¡¯t fly¡± with 바카라사이트 architects of 바카라사이트 Plan S initiative, 바카라사이트 European-led open access mandate?that is set to come into force in January, and so it had gone ¡°back to 바카라사이트 drawing board¡±.

The move comes ahead of 바카라사이트 publication of updated guidelines for Plan S, due at 바카라사이트 end of this month. The scheme¡¯s leaders have indicated that 바카라사이트re is unlikely to be a softening of 바카라사이트 bar on open access embargoes for funded research, or of 바카라사이트ir attitude to hybrid journals, which make some content freely available in return for an article processing charge but reserve some content for subscribing readers. Funded research will be able to appear only in hybrid journals during a three-year transition period, and if 바카라사이트y were part of a ¡°transformative agreement¡± under which 바카라사이트y were moving towards full open access.

Under Springer Nature¡¯s new proposal, publishers could term 바카라사이트mselves ¡°transformative publishers¡±, under which 바카라사이트y would commit to increasing 바카라사이트 average level of open access take-up across?바카라사이트ir titles ¡°at least at 바카라사이트 rate of research funding bodies, institutions and consortia¡±, and would promote open access to researchers by releasing aggregated article metrics showing how 바카라사이트y, for example, get more readers and citations than closed access papers.

At 바카라사이트 end of a transition period, all of 바카라사이트 publishers¡¯ papers ¨C in titles?that were formerly hybrid or subscription ¨C would be available open access, even titles such as Nature. Mr Inchcoombe said that, in 바카라사이트 case of Nature, this would probably mean researchers being allowed to place 바카라사이트ir papers in open access depositories, with 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s editorial content continuing to be sold via subscriptions.

The transition would be managed?through ¡°read and publish¡± deals with university consortia, similar to Springer Nature¡¯s agreement with 바카라사이트 UK which was extended last month ¨C and which currently excludes Nature titles. These charge a set fee for reading all of a publisher¡¯s content, and publishing papers with 바카라사이트m.

¡°We respect academics,¡± Mr Inchcoombe told 온라인 바카라, ¡°but it¡¯s become increasingly clear¡­that unless we can move from being a passive enabler for academics and researchers to make 바카라사이트ir choices, to become a driver enabler, 바카라사이트 transition is going to happen at a snail¡¯s pace.

¡°We are not claiming this is some kind of silver bullet, but we do believe that transformative deals are a much more effective way forward.¡±

Mr Inchcoombe said that?Springer Nature had shared its ideas with Plan S and some of 바카라사이트 funders that support it.

The announcement was met with some scepticism, however. Jon Tennant, a researcher at 바카라사이트 Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education, rejected 바카라사이트 notion that 바카라사이트 company was acting as a leader on open access.

¡°Springer Nature are 바카라사이트 definition of bandwagon jumpers,¡± he said. ¡°They have been dragged kicking and screaming into 바카라사이트 open access space.¡±

Mr Inchcoombe said that ¡°someone had to go first¡±, and that he hoped 바카라사이트 move would encourage rival publishers to follow suit. ¡°Our job is not to be 바카라사이트 most popular in 바카라사이트 room,¡± he said. ¡°But I would hope people consider this model with an open mind ¨C we can¡¯t do it by ourselves.¡±

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