2021/08/16 by Jefferson Pooley · 1 voice
Computer Science · Arts and Humanities · #Research Data Management Practices #Library Science and Information Systems #Publishing and Scholarly Communication
paper · pdf · doi:10.21428/6ffd8432.250139da
openalex publication_date 2021/08/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/04/02
The reason is the article processing charge (APC), which typically runs 3,000 to 5,000.The APC model, with its tolled access to authorship, is the subscription model seen through a camera obscura: author paywalls in place of reading paywalls.Most scholars cannot afford the steep fees, a fact masked by the privileged segment who can: scientists in the rich industrialized world, and scholars in a handful of wealthy European countries and North American universities.The fees are often paid via so-called "read-and-publish" deals, which fold APCs into the subscription contracts