Unlocking Secrets: What Open Science Pioneers Wish They Knew Before Today’s Reality Hit
We still see shades of this in the positioning of specific OA business models. For example, subscribe to open (S2O) is a model that has been branded “equitable OA,” as if to say that if you are not employing S2O or a model with similar attributes, you are against equity. S2O is a great model for some journals — especially as it offers a fast route to OA. It does not require approbation or guilt as a justification. As we should now know, each model shifts costs, risks, and rewards, but none eliminates them. A recent article in Nature discussing Diamond OA, which itself is often posed as the “most ethical” model, emphasizes this.
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