January 2017 – The Mnemonic Lode

II. What’s in a fair article processing charge?

January 18, 2017 Academia Openness 5 Comments

A companion post explaining why I think scholars should switch to publishing via non-profit open-access is here. Ideally, a scholar would know before choosing an open-access journal how the article processing charge (APC) is reckoned. It should always be clear what we are paying for. APCs for open-access publishing vary…

I. Why non-profit, open-access publishing is better for scholars

January 18, 2017 Academia Openness 3 Comments

Scholars, who do the bulk of the work involved in academic publishing, are faced with a choice: 1) give away your work to a for-profit journal to publish, or 2) pay a non-profit journal an article processing charge. Let’s look at the costs of publishing, both in terms of money…