Medical research charities and open access

Abstract

ABSTRACT. This paper provides an analysis of the attitudes and activities of UK medical research charities in relation to open access (OA

The “total cost of publication” in a hybrid open‐access environment: Institutional approaches to funding journal article‐processing charges in combination with subscriptions

“…It is unlikely at this stage that any single APC was divided between several funders, although the issue of the payment of APCs for jointly funded research is likely to receive attention in the future. In their discussion of the then new Wellcome OA policy, Walport and Kiley (, p. 439), reported, “more than 80% of papers that acknowledged our support also acknowledge the support of one or more other funders.” Pinfield's () study of medical research charities showed that more than 43% of research funded by one of eight major charities cited at least one other of the eight as a cofunder, although, in most cases, funding from a single source would have been used to pay for the APC. In addition to the externally funded APCs, a number of institutions funded APCs through internal funding ( n = 270; 7%).…”

How research funders can finance APCs in full OA and hybrid journals

“…Currently 70% of UK medical charities either have such a policy or are planning to introduce one with the next year. 9 Funders such as the Wellcome Trust and the Austrian Research Fund have there are also examples of highly priced hybrid journals achieving signifi cant uptake levels in addition established funds for paying their researchers' APCs, as a means of increasing OA uptake, by insulating authors from these costs. In a sense this parallels the role of subscriptions for journals provided via universitywide e-licenses.…”

Assessing the effect of article processing charges on the geographic diversity of authors using Elsevier’s “Mirror Journal” system

“…However, the professional value of OA is likely to be especially high when publishing in Gold OA journals, especially if they have other characteristics valued by evaluators: name recognition, high impact factor, perceived prestige, or association with certain academic societies (Gray, 2020;Schimanski & Alperin, 2018). Furthermore, publication in Gold OA journals is increasingly required by government agencies and private foundations that fund research (Björk & Solomon, 2014;Pinfield, 2013).…”