The unintended consequences of Open Access publishing – and possible futures

Julie Macleavy; Richard J Harris; Ron Johnston

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.12.010

The unintended consequences of Open Access publishing – and possible futures

Julie Macleavy, Richard J Harris, Ron Johnston

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Abstract

Journal publication in geography changed significantly in the late 20th century as its dominance by learned societies was captured by (large, multi-national) commercial organisations making large profits from freely-donated authors’ intellectual property. Further changes are now proposed, involving journals being freely accessible, sustained not by subscriptions but rather by author payments, which will enhance capitalist publishers’ profit-making potential and disadvantage authors. Alternatives are needed, returning to the earlier model whereby research papers are not treated as profit-making commodities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9-12
Journal	Geoforum
Volume	112
Early online date	25 Dec 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.12.010
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2020

Keywords

Academic Capitalism
Journal Publishing
Open Access
Plan S

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