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 |
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Pages (from-to) | 9-12 |
Journal | Geoforum |
Volume | 112 |
Early online date | 25 Dec 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2020 |
Keywords
- Academic Capitalism
- Journal Publishing
- Open Access
- Plan S