Open Access, Impact, & Strategery
In honor of Open Access Week , I was delighted to contribute to a panel, hosted by the ASU library , discussing the pros and pitfalls of open access publishing from the perspectives of different stakeholders. I have published #OA in dedicated venues ( Public Library of Science ) and I have footed the bill to make an article immediately open access when published in a traditional journal . And while I framed open access as a moral good in terms of concept, the reality is that it can be incredibly expensive, depending. So assuming you are not independently wealthy or a Nobel prize winner who can launch his own open access journal , or for whatever reason aren't in the position to go "all in" and always publish open access, it can be worthwhile to selectively deploy open access papers as a tactic in a broader scholarly strategy. Going all in on Freedom. & Freedom Isn’t Free. In preparation for the panel, I put together some slides to better articulate the framing of