#gold-oa — Public Fediverse posts

I support this proposal. I could also support many variations on the theme. Kudos to the 10 co-authors.
https://zenodo.org/records/21934115

The gold, green, bronze, hybrid... labels were never a systematic classification. They evolved like the winding streets in the center of an old city. Plus, they're opaque and widely misunderstood.

#GoldOA #GreenOA #OpenAccess #ScholComm

I support this proposal. I could also support many variations on the theme. Kudos to the 10 co-authors.
https://zenodo.org/records/21934115

The gold, green, bronze, hybrid... labels were never a systematic classification. They evolved like the winding streets in the center of an old city. Plus, they're opaque and widely misunderstood.

#GoldOA #GreenOA #OpenAccess #ScholComm

I support this proposal. I could also support many variations on the theme. Kudos to the 10 co-authors.
https://zenodo.org/records/21934115

The gold, green, bronze, hybrid... labels were never a systematic classification. They evolved like the winding streets in the center of an old city. Plus, they're opaque and widely misunderstood.

#GoldOA #GreenOA #OpenAccess #ScholComm

I support this proposal. I could also support many variations on the theme. Kudos to the 10 co-authors.
https://zenodo.org/records/21934115

The gold, green, bronze, hybrid... labels were never a systematic classification. They evolved like the winding streets in the center of an old city. Plus, they're opaque and widely misunderstood.

#GoldOA #GreenOA #OpenAccess #ScholComm

2/ Footnote on the terminology problem.

You've probably heard me say many times that the term "gold OA" original referred to #OpenAccess delivered by #journals, regardless of the journal's business model, as opposed to "green OA", which was delivered by repositories. Hence, gold OA could charge #APCs or not charge APCs. What we now call #DiamondOA was a species of #GoldOA.

But the term has definitely drifted and now most people use it to refer only to APC-based OA and to exclude no-APC or diamond OA. I don't like this drift, and I fought it, in part because it invited misinterpretation of early writings about OA. But I accept the drift because it's a fact of current usage. For more on this drift, see my 2021 Twitter thread.
https://x.com/petersuber/status/1379818546671317002

In its report Springer Nature uses "gold OA" in the new sense, and I use the term in the same sense when discussing the report. Normally, to avoid ambiguity and confusion, I don't use the term at all.

2/ Footnote on the terminology problem.

You've probably heard me say many times that the term "gold OA" original referred to #OpenAccess delivered by #journals, regardless of the journal's business model, as opposed to "green OA", which was delivered by repositories. Hence, gold OA could charge #APCs or not charge APCs. What we now call #DiamondOA was a species of #GoldOA.

But the term has definitely drifted and now most people use it to refer only to APC-based OA and to exclude no-APC or diamond OA. I don't like this drift, and I fought it, in part because it invited misinterpretation of early writings about OA. But I accept the drift because it's a fact of current usage. For more on this drift, see my 2021 Twitter thread.
https://x.com/petersuber/status/1379818546671317002

In its report Springer Nature uses "gold OA" in the new sense, and I use the term in the same sense when discussing the report. Normally, to avoid ambiguity and confusion, I don't use the term at all.

2/ Footnote on the terminology problem.

You've probably heard me say many times that the term "gold OA" original referred to #OpenAccess delivered by #journals, regardless of the journal's business model, as opposed to "green OA", which was delivered by repositories. Hence, gold OA could charge #APCs or not charge APCs. What we now call #DiamondOA was a species of #GoldOA.

But the term has definitely drifted and now most people use it to refer only to APC-based OA and to exclude no-APC or diamond OA. I don't like this drift, and I fought it, in part because it invited misinterpretation of early writings about OA. But I accept the drift because it's a fact of current usage. For more on this drift, see my 2021 Twitter thread.
https://x.com/petersuber/status/1379818546671317002

In its report Springer Nature uses "gold OA" in the new sense, and I use the term in the same sense when discussing the report. Normally, to avoid ambiguity and confusion, I don't use the term at all.

2/ Footnote on the terminology problem.

You've probably heard me say many times that the term "gold OA" original referred to #OpenAccess delivered by #journals, regardless of the journal's business model, as opposed to "green OA", which was delivered by repositories. Hence, gold OA could charge #APCs or not charge APCs. What we now call #DiamondOA was a species of #GoldOA.

But the term has definitely drifted and now most people use it to refer only to APC-based OA and to exclude no-APC or diamond OA. I don't like this drift, and I fought it, in part because it invited misinterpretation of early writings about OA. But I accept the drift because it's a fact of current usage. For more on this drift, see my 2021 Twitter thread.
https://x.com/petersuber/status/1379818546671317002

In its report Springer Nature uses "gold OA" in the new sense, and I use the term in the same sense when discussing the report. Normally, to avoid ambiguity and confusion, I don't use the term at all.

1/ #SpringerNature just published a report showing certain download and citation benefits of "gold" #OpenAccess. (I'm linking to the executive summary.)
https://stories.springernature.com/from-access-to-impact-open-access-research/executive-summary/index.html

But it's very misleading, even dishonest, in one respect. It shows that #GoldOA articles are downloaded and cited more than non-OA articles. But it attributes this to the fact that they are gold OA (charging #APCs), not to the fact that they are OA. Because it didn't test no-APC or #DiamondOA journals, attributing the download and citation benefits to the APC business model is unjustified and deceptive.

It also says that the gold OA model supports "greater equity" because it allows more downloads than non-OA models in low-income countries. But that kind of equity belongs to all flavors of OA. The report never mentions that APCs severely reduce equity by excluding authors who cannot afford to pay.

🧵

#ScholComm

1/ #SpringerNature just published a report showing certain download and citation benefits of "gold" #OpenAccess. (I'm linking to the executive summary.)
https://stories.springernature.com/from-access-to-impact-open-access-research/executive-summary/index.html

But it's very misleading, even dishonest, in one respect. It shows that #GoldOA articles are downloaded and cited more than non-OA articles. But it attributes this to the fact that they are gold OA (charging #APCs), not to the fact that they are OA. Because it didn't test no-APC or #DiamondOA journals, attributing the download and citation benefits to the APC business model is unjustified and deceptive.

It also says that the gold OA model supports "greater equity" because it allows more downloads than non-OA models in low-income countries. But that kind of equity belongs to all flavors of OA. The report never mentions that APCs severely reduce equity by excluding authors who cannot afford to pay.

🧵

#ScholComm

1/ #SpringerNature just published a report showing certain download and citation benefits of "gold" #OpenAccess. (I'm linking to the executive summary.)
https://stories.springernature.com/from-access-to-impact-open-access-research/executive-summary/index.html

But it's very misleading, even dishonest, in one respect. It shows that #GoldOA articles are downloaded and cited more than non-OA articles. But it attributes this to the fact that they are gold OA (charging #APCs), not to the fact that they are OA. Because it didn't test no-APC or #DiamondOA journals, attributing the download and citation benefits to the APC business model is unjustified and deceptive.

It also says that the gold OA model supports "greater equity" because it allows more downloads than non-OA models in low-income countries. But that kind of equity belongs to all flavors of OA. The report never mentions that APCs severely reduce equity by excluding authors who cannot afford to pay.

🧵

#ScholComm

1/ #SpringerNature just published a report showing certain download and citation benefits of "gold" #OpenAccess. (I'm linking to the executive summary.)
https://stories.springernature.com/from-access-to-impact-open-access-research/executive-summary/index.html

But it's very misleading, even dishonest, in one respect. It shows that #GoldOA articles are downloaded and cited more than non-OA articles. But it attributes this to the fact that they are gold OA (charging #APCs), not to the fact that they are OA. Because it didn't test no-APC or #DiamondOA journals, attributing the download and citation benefits to the APC business model is unjustified and deceptive.

It also says that the gold OA model supports "greater equity" because it allows more downloads than non-OA models in low-income countries. But that kind of equity belongs to all flavors of OA. The report never mentions that APCs severely reduce equity by excluding authors who cannot afford to pay.

🧵

#ScholComm

But note this nuance. While most #OpenAccess journals (today 62%) charge no APCs, most articles published in OA journals (today 72%) are published in APC-based OA journals.

Thanks to the research of @waltcrawford for the second number. See p. 6.
https://waltcrawford.name/goa26.pdf

#APCs, #DiamondOA, #GoldOA, #ScholComm

But note this nuance. While most #OpenAccess journals (today 62%) charge no APCs, most articles published in OA journals (today 72%) are published in APC-based OA journals.

Thanks to the research of @waltcrawford for the second number. See p. 6.
https://waltcrawford.name/goa26.pdf

#APCs, #DiamondOA, #GoldOA, #ScholComm

But note this nuance. While most #OpenAccess journals (today 62%) charge no APCs, most articles published in OA journals (today 72%) are published in APC-based OA journals.

Thanks to the research of @waltcrawford for the second number. See p. 6.
https://waltcrawford.name/goa26.pdf

#APCs, #DiamondOA, #GoldOA, #ScholComm

But note this nuance. While most #OpenAccess journals (today 62%) charge no APCs, most articles published in OA journals (today 72%) are published in APC-based OA journals.

Thanks to the research of @waltcrawford for the second number. See p. 6.
https://waltcrawford.name/goa26.pdf

#APCs, #DiamondOA, #GoldOA, #ScholComm

As numerous posts on this blog have emphasised, the underlying idea of open access (OA) – allowing anyone to read and share published academic research for free – is great in principle, but in practice has failed in important ways. That’s because traditional academic publishers have subverted the open access model to such an extent that the costs for research institutions of publishing in […]

As numerous posts on this blog have emphasised, the underlying idea of open access (OA) – allowing anyone to read and share published academic research for free – is great in principle, but in practice has failed in important ways. That’s because traditional academic publishers have subverted the open access model to such an extent that the costs for research institutions of publishing in […]

As numerous posts on this blog have emphasised, the underlying idea of open access (OA) – allowing anyone to read and share published academic research for free – is great in principle, but in practice has failed in important ways. That’s because traditional academic publishers have subverted the open access model to such an extent that the costs for research institutions of publishing in […]

As numerous posts on this blog have emphasised, the underlying idea of open access (OA) – allowing anyone to read and share published academic research for free – is great in principle, but in practice has failed in important ways. That’s because traditional academic publishers have subverted the open access model to such an extent that the costs for research institutions of publishing in […]

RE: https://mamot.fr/@amarois/116380027281867412

"[...] it argues that much of the growth in OA has occurred within hybrid journals – resulting in what it sees as “double payment” by the research community."
#APC #OA #GoldOA #HybridOA #costofknowledge

RE: https://mamot.fr/@amarois/116380027281867412

"[...] it argues that much of the growth in OA has occurred within hybrid journals – resulting in what it sees as “double payment” by the research community."
#APC #OA #GoldOA #HybridOA #costofknowledge

[Pendant ce temps, ailleurs] "Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has announced it will cease funding open access (OA) publishing costs, arguing that the current model is failing to deliver a fair and efficient system for disseminating research."
#APC #OA #GoldOA #publishing #research #costofknowledge

[Pendant ce temps, ailleurs] "Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has announced it will cease funding open access (OA) publishing costs, arguing that the current model is failing to deliver a fair and efficient system for disseminating research."
#APC #OA #GoldOA #publishing #research #costofknowledge

[Pendant ce temps, ailleurs] "Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has announced it will cease funding open access (OA) publishing costs, arguing that the current model is failing to deliver a fair and efficient system for disseminating research."
#APC #OA #GoldOA #publishing #research #costofknowledge

[Pendant ce temps, ailleurs] "Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has announced it will cease funding open access (OA) publishing costs, arguing that the current model is failing to deliver a fair and efficient system for disseminating research."
#APC #OA #GoldOA #publishing #research #costofknowledge

1/ I'm sympathetic to #NIH-funded authors who want to publish in certain #APC-based #OpenAccess journals and can't find the money to pay the APCs. But it's false to say that they must publish in those journals, in any other APC-based OA journals, or even in OA journals. Shame on _Inside Higher Ed_ for leaving this false impression..
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2025/12/05/nih-policy-holding-researchers-hostage

PS: I repeat: Compliance with the NIH OA policy is free of charge. Moreover, compliance is all about depositing in a certain repository, not publishing in a certain journal or kind of journal. The NIH has a #GreenOA policy, not a #GoldOA policy. The same is true for all the other federal agencies with OA policies, not just the NIH. When a journal charges NIH-funded authors an APC to publish, the fee is to publish in that particular journal, not to comply with the NIH policy. Don't be fooled by the widespread misunderstanding that compliance with these policies requires paying any kind of fee. Don't be fooled by journals and publishers that cynically spread this myth themselves or leave it uncorrected. You can help by correcting this falsehood wherever you see it. You can also help by working with hiring, promotion, tenure, and funding committees to care more about the quality of research than the journals in which it is published.

🧵

#APCs #NelsonMemo #NIH #OpenAccess #OAintheUSA #PublicAccess #Repositories

1/ I'm sympathetic to #NIH-funded authors who want to publish in certain #APC-based #OpenAccess journals and can't find the money to pay the APCs. But it's false to say that they must publish in those journals, in any other APC-based OA journals, or even in OA journals. Shame on _Inside Higher Ed_ for leaving this false impression..
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2025/12/05/nih-policy-holding-researchers-hostage

PS: I repeat: Compliance with the NIH OA policy is free of charge. Moreover, compliance is all about depositing in a certain repository, not publishing in a certain journal or kind of journal. The NIH has a #GreenOA policy, not a #GoldOA policy. The same is true for all the other federal agencies with OA policies, not just the NIH. When a journal charges NIH-funded authors an APC to publish, the fee is to publish in that particular journal, not to comply with the NIH policy. Don't be fooled by the widespread misunderstanding that compliance with these policies requires paying any kind of fee. Don't be fooled by journals and publishers that cynically spread this myth themselves or leave it uncorrected. You can help by correcting this falsehood wherever you see it. You can also help by working with hiring, promotion, tenure, and funding committees to care more about the quality of research than the journals in which it is published.

🧵

#APCs #NelsonMemo #NIH #OpenAccess #OAintheUSA #PublicAccess #Repositories

1/ I'm sympathetic to #NIH-funded authors who want to publish in certain #APC-based #OpenAccess journals and can't find the money to pay the APCs. But it's false to say that they must publish in those journals, in any other APC-based OA journals, or even in OA journals. Shame on _Inside Higher Ed_ for leaving this false impression..
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2025/12/05/nih-policy-holding-researchers-hostage

PS: I repeat: Compliance with the NIH OA policy is free of charge. Moreover, compliance is all about depositing in a certain repository, not publishing in a certain journal or kind of journal. The NIH has a #GreenOA policy, not a #GoldOA policy. The same is true for all the other federal agencies with OA policies, not just the NIH. When a journal charges NIH-funded authors an APC to publish, the fee is to publish in that particular journal, not to comply with the NIH policy. Don't be fooled by the widespread misunderstanding that compliance with these policies requires paying any kind of fee. Don't be fooled by journals and publishers that cynically spread this myth themselves or leave it uncorrected. You can help by correcting this falsehood wherever you see it. You can also help by working with hiring, promotion, tenure, and funding committees to care more about the quality of research than the journals in which it is published.

🧵

#APCs #NelsonMemo #NIH #OpenAccess #OAintheUSA #PublicAccess #Repositories

1/ I'm sympathetic to #NIH-funded authors who want to publish in certain #APC-based #OpenAccess journals and can't find the money to pay the APCs. But it's false to say that they must publish in those journals, in any other APC-based OA journals, or even in OA journals. Shame on _Inside Higher Ed_ for leaving this false impression..
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2025/12/05/nih-policy-holding-researchers-hostage

PS: I repeat: Compliance with the NIH OA policy is free of charge. Moreover, compliance is all about depositing in a certain repository, not publishing in a certain journal or kind of journal. The NIH has a #GreenOA policy, not a #GoldOA policy. The same is true for all the other federal agencies with OA policies, not just the NIH. When a journal charges NIH-funded authors an APC to publish, the fee is to publish in that particular journal, not to comply with the NIH policy. Don't be fooled by the widespread misunderstanding that compliance with these policies requires paying any kind of fee. Don't be fooled by journals and publishers that cynically spread this myth themselves or leave it uncorrected. You can help by correcting this falsehood wherever you see it. You can also help by working with hiring, promotion, tenure, and funding committees to care more about the quality of research than the journals in which it is published.

🧵

#APCs #NelsonMemo #NIH #OpenAccess #OAintheUSA #PublicAccess #Repositories

The preprint went through open peer review on @MetaROR and was later published, after additional blind review rounds, in the partner Journal of Data and Information Science #JDIS – a demanding but very useful experience.

:oa: https://doi.org/10.70744/MetaROR.179.2.ea

#OpenAccess #publishing #Ukraine #bibliometrics #GoldOA

The preprint went through open peer review on @MetaROR and was later published, after additional blind review rounds, in the partner Journal of Data and Information Science #JDIS – a demanding but very useful experience.

:oa: https://doi.org/10.70744/MetaROR.179.2.ea

#OpenAccess #publishing #Ukraine #bibliometrics #GoldOA

The preprint went through open peer review on @MetaROR and was later published, after additional blind review rounds, in the partner Journal of Data and Information Science #JDIS – a demanding but very useful experience.

:oa: https://doi.org/10.70744/MetaROR.179.2.ea

#OpenAccess #publishing #Ukraine #bibliometrics #GoldOA

The preprint went through open peer review on @MetaROR and was later published, after additional blind review rounds, in the partner Journal of Data and Information Science #JDIS – a demanding but very useful experience.

:oa: https://doi.org/10.70744/MetaROR.179.2.ea

#OpenAccess #publishing #Ukraine #bibliometrics #GoldOA

My new paper on Ukrainian researchers’ publishing activity in Gold Open Access journals during the war has just been published. I focused on five major publishers (Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and SAGE):

:doi: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0059

Ukrainian papers in fully Gold OA journals of these publishers grew by more than 50% in 2023, with further growth in 2024.

#OpenAccess #publishing #Ukraine #bibliometrics #GoldOA

My new paper on Ukrainian researchers’ publishing activity in Gold Open Access journals during the war has just been published. I focused on five major publishers (Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and SAGE):

:doi: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0059

Ukrainian papers in fully Gold OA journals of these publishers grew by more than 50% in 2023, with further growth in 2024.

#OpenAccess #publishing #Ukraine #bibliometrics #GoldOA

My new paper on Ukrainian researchers’ publishing activity in Gold Open Access journals during the war has just been published. I focused on five major publishers (Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and SAGE):

:doi: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0059

Ukrainian papers in fully Gold OA journals of these publishers grew by more than 50% in 2023, with further growth in 2024.

#OpenAccess #publishing #Ukraine #bibliometrics #GoldOA

My new paper on Ukrainian researchers’ publishing activity in Gold Open Access journals during the war has just been published. I focused on five major publishers (Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and SAGE):

:doi: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0059

Ukrainian papers in fully Gold OA journals of these publishers grew by more than 50% in 2023, with further growth in 2024.

#OpenAccess #publishing #Ukraine #bibliometrics #GoldOA

[Veille] vidéos des 2 journées "30 ans de Mathdoc" en ligne sur
@canal-u.bsky.social
=> https://www.canal-u.tv/chaines/cm/mathdoc-30-annees-au-service-de-la-communaute-mathematique
Supports ici https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/14572/timetable/
#maths #openaccess #openscience #journals #commons #DiamondOA #GOldOA #GreenOA #researchdata

[Veille] vidéos des 2 journées "30 ans de Mathdoc" en ligne sur
@canal-u.bsky.social
=> https://www.canal-u.tv/chaines/cm/mathdoc-30-annees-au-service-de-la-communaute-mathematique
Supports ici https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/14572/timetable/
#maths #openaccess #openscience #journals #commons #DiamondOA #GOldOA #GreenOA #researchdata

[Veille] vidéos des 2 journées "30 ans de Mathdoc" en ligne sur
@canal-u.bsky.social
=> https://www.canal-u.tv/chaines/cm/mathdoc-30-annees-au-service-de-la-communaute-mathematique
Supports ici https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/14572/timetable/
#maths #openaccess #openscience #journals #commons #DiamondOA #GOldOA #GreenOA #researchdata

Hier, intervention à la conférence "Collaborations in Algebra, Representation theory and Ethics" organisée à l'UMPA de l' @ENSdeLyon pour parler #openscience et #openaccess avec F. Codet et Filippo A.E. Nuccio devant de jeunes mathématiciens, dans le cadre des débats sur l'éthique en sciences. Super expérience. Merci aux organisateurs !
🔗 https://sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/caremath/home-page
#ethics #maths #APC #academicpublishing #GreenOA #GoldOA #DiamondOA

Hier, intervention à la conférence "Collaborations in Algebra, Representation theory and Ethics" organisée à l'UMPA de l' @ENSdeLyon pour parler #openscience et #openaccess avec F. Codet et Filippo A.E. Nuccio devant de jeunes mathématiciens, dans le cadre des débats sur l'éthique en sciences. Super expérience. Merci aux organisateurs !
🔗 https://sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/caremath/home-page
#ethics #maths #APC #academicpublishing #GreenOA #GoldOA #DiamondOA

Hier, intervention à la conférence "Collaborations in Algebra, Representation theory and Ethics" organisée à l'UMPA de l' @ENSdeLyon pour parler #openscience et #openaccess avec F. Codet et Filippo A.E. Nuccio devant de jeunes mathématiciens, dans le cadre des débats sur l'éthique en sciences. Super expérience. Merci aux organisateurs !
🔗 https://sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/caremath/home-page
#ethics #maths #APC #academicpublishing #GreenOA #GoldOA #DiamondOA

A new preprint on Ukrainian publications in Gold Open Access has a very telling Figure 12. And you know what? It’s a total disaster.

👉 https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08850

It turns out that the largest shares of our APC spending go to MDPI and the Polish Aluna Publishing House. Even worse — the top list also includes “famous” players like WSEAS, Sciedu Press, and the Georgian Association of Business Press = dubious publishers.

#OpenAccess #PredatoryPublishing #Ukraine #Science #APC #GoldOA

A new preprint on Ukrainian publications in Gold Open Access has a very telling Figure 12. And you know what? It’s a total disaster.

👉 https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08850

It turns out that the largest shares of our APC spending go to MDPI and the Polish Aluna Publishing House. Even worse — the top list also includes “famous” players like WSEAS, Sciedu Press, and the Georgian Association of Business Press = dubious publishers.

#OpenAccess #PredatoryPublishing #Ukraine #Science #APC #GoldOA

A new preprint on Ukrainian publications in Gold Open Access has a very telling Figure 12. And you know what? It’s a total disaster.

👉 https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08850

It turns out that the largest shares of our APC spending go to MDPI and the Polish Aluna Publishing House. Even worse — the top list also includes “famous” players like WSEAS, Sciedu Press, and the Georgian Association of Business Press = dubious publishers.

#OpenAccess #PredatoryPublishing #Ukraine #Science #APC #GoldOA

A new preprint on Ukrainian publications in Gold Open Access has a very telling Figure 12. And you know what? It’s a total disaster.

👉 https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08850

It turns out that the largest shares of our APC spending go to MDPI and the Polish Aluna Publishing House. Even worse — the top list also includes “famous” players like WSEAS, Sciedu Press, and the Georgian Association of Business Press = dubious publishers.

#OpenAccess #PredatoryPublishing #Ukraine #Science #APC #GoldOA

New study: "Open access publishing: is urology ready? A survey of authors, readers, and editorial board’s knowledge, impressions and satisfaction."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00345-025-05928-3
(#paywalled)

Not a good way to run a survey or report the results.

* The results are paywalled.
* The article does not include the survey questions.
* The survey defines #GoldOA, #GreenOA, #DiamondOA, and #HybridOA. But the article only reports the attitudes toward APC-based gold OA. No surprise, they're negative. Yet disdain for #APCs only strengthens the reason to ask about green and diamond OA. If the survey did ask, then what are the answers? If it didn't ask, then why not?
* The survey gives a false definition of green OA, saying that it's always embargoed. That's especially odd since under current US federal agency policies, it's never embargoed.

#Embargoes #ScholComm

New study: "Open access publishing: is urology ready? A survey of authors, readers, and editorial board’s knowledge, impressions and satisfaction."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00345-025-05928-3
(#paywalled)

Not a good way to run a survey or report the results.

* The results are paywalled.
* The article does not include the survey questions.
* The survey defines #GoldOA, #GreenOA, #DiamondOA, and #HybridOA. But the article only reports the attitudes toward APC-based gold OA. No surprise, they're negative. Yet disdain for #APCs only strengthens the reason to ask about green and diamond OA. If the survey did ask, then what are the answers? If it didn't ask, then why not?
* The survey gives a false definition of green OA, saying that it's always embargoed. That's especially odd since under current US federal agency policies, it's never embargoed.

#Embargoes #ScholComm

New study: "Open access publishing: is urology ready? A survey of authors, readers, and editorial board’s knowledge, impressions and satisfaction."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00345-025-05928-3
(#paywalled)

Not a good way to run a survey or report the results.

* The results are paywalled.
* The article does not include the survey questions.
* The survey defines #GoldOA, #GreenOA, #DiamondOA, and #HybridOA. But the article only reports the attitudes toward APC-based gold OA. No surprise, they're negative. Yet disdain for #APCs only strengthens the reason to ask about green and diamond OA. If the survey did ask, then what are the answers? If it didn't ask, then why not?
* The survey gives a false definition of green OA, saying that it's always embargoed. That's especially odd since under current US federal agency policies, it's never embargoed.

#Embargoes #ScholComm

New study: "Open access publishing: is urology ready? A survey of authors, readers, and editorial board’s knowledge, impressions and satisfaction."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00345-025-05928-3
(#paywalled)

Not a good way to run a survey or report the results.

* The results are paywalled.
* The article does not include the survey questions.
* The survey defines #GoldOA, #GreenOA, #DiamondOA, and #HybridOA. But the article only reports the attitudes toward APC-based gold OA. No surprise, they're negative. Yet disdain for #APCs only strengthens the reason to ask about green and diamond OA. If the survey did ask, then what are the answers? If it didn't ask, then why not?
* The survey gives a false definition of green OA, saying that it's always embargoed. That's especially odd since under current US federal agency policies, it's never embargoed.

#Embargoes #ScholComm

The _Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing_ is converting from #hybrid to #APC-based #OpenAccess. One of its motives to escape the #DoubleDipping of the hybrid model. "Although this hybrid approach was well-intentioned, it created a paradoxical situation where institutions pay [and publishers receive] both subscription fees and publication charges."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10877-025-01342-7

PS: Glad to see it acknowledge the double dipping. Too many hybrid journals don't do that. Next step, escape the inequity and author-side barriers of the APC model.

#APCs #GoldOA #ReadAndPublish #ScholComm #SpringerNature

The _Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing_ is converting from #hybrid to #APC-based #OpenAccess. One of its motives to escape the #DoubleDipping of the hybrid model. "Although this hybrid approach was well-intentioned, it created a paradoxical situation where institutions pay [and publishers receive] both subscription fees and publication charges."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10877-025-01342-7

PS: Glad to see it acknowledge the double dipping. Too many hybrid journals don't do that. Next step, escape the inequity and author-side barriers of the APC model.

#APCs #GoldOA #ReadAndPublish #ScholComm #SpringerNature

The _Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing_ is converting from #hybrid to #APC-based #OpenAccess. One of its motives to escape the #DoubleDipping of the hybrid model. "Although this hybrid approach was well-intentioned, it created a paradoxical situation where institutions pay [and publishers receive] both subscription fees and publication charges."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10877-025-01342-7

PS: Glad to see it acknowledge the double dipping. Too many hybrid journals don't do that. Next step, escape the inequity and author-side barriers of the APC model.

#APCs #GoldOA #ReadAndPublish #ScholComm #SpringerNature

The _Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing_ is converting from #hybrid to #APC-based #OpenAccess. One of its motives to escape the #DoubleDipping of the hybrid model. "Although this hybrid approach was well-intentioned, it created a paradoxical situation where institutions pay [and publishers receive] both subscription fees and publication charges."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10877-025-01342-7

PS: Glad to see it acknowledge the double dipping. Too many hybrid journals don't do that. Next step, escape the inequity and author-side barriers of the APC model.

#APCs #GoldOA #ReadAndPublish #ScholComm #SpringerNature

@Luke_Drury @deevybee

In my field, #DigitalHumanities, MDPI is a very minor player. A healthy ecosystem of #DiamondOA exists, alongside a small number of #GoldOA options other than MDPI.

The journal I help run, @jcls, is also DiamondOA and entirely scholar-led. While we are recent and small, we are very happy with international uptake and quality of submissions.

I also help run a DH collection on ORE, and it is doing ok but not great, I guess.