The Stratified Economics of Open Access

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Abstract: There is a growing recognition within the academic community that "open access" to research and scholarship can increase its value and reach. A variety of open access models have developed over the last twenty years, including author self-archiving, immediate (sponsored) open access, delayed open access, and article-processing-fee open access. Yet the economics of open access is being largely determined, at this point, by the interests of a stratified scholarly publishing market that can be roughly divided among independent journals, scholarly society publishers, and commercial publishers. Each of these market segments is experimenting with forms of open access that hold promise for sustaining, if not extending, the segment's current position. This paper reviews the economics of these open access models, while drawing attention to the consequences of this market stratification for access to knowledge and the sustainability of scholarly publishing as a whole.

Type of resource	text
Date created	2009

Author	Willinsky, John

Related Publication	Willinsky, John. (2009). The Stratified Economics of Open Access. Economics Analysis and Policy, 39(1): 53-70.
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Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/sz744yj8829

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