Kate Worlock, Open Access: A step back in time?IMI Insights, October 2003, pp. 5-7
(accessible only to subscribers). An interview with Arie Jongejan, CEO of Elsevier's Science & Technology Division. Jongejan argues that the open-access movement rests on three myths: (1) "that traditional publishing models hinder access", (2) "that open access is a free and egalitarian business model", (3) "that the current publishing process adds very little to the content being published". In addition, he argues that open-access journals would have to charge authors $3500-4000 per article to cover their costs, and that upfront processing fees compromise peer review. He confines his criticisms to open-access journals, and supports open-access preprint exchanges and archiving.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/14/2003 10:59:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
