The European Publishing Market Coasts to Reorganization Around Open Access, Despite Concerns of Scholars and Publishers

To the extent that the slow pace of the transition to Open Access in Europe can be considered a case of market failure, despite the European Union 2020 goals of Open Access adoption, the plans of the European Commission to establish a non-profit platform for Open Access publishing are likely to introduce a momentous change to the scientific publishing market in Europe.

A Blog Article by Pablo Markin.

While research organizations in Britain go through a reshuffle toward the launch of the United Kingdom (UK) Research and Innovation agency, which is to start its operations from April 1, 2018, that will administer research funding across the UK, Open Access-supporting policies are also likely to befear of lock-in effects, should a single platform become a de facto provider of Open Access solutions. Given that the establishment of the planned Open Access platform is also likely to be outsourced to a small set of for-profit or non-profit publishers or a single one, national university alliances and funding bodies may have reservations about this initiative.

By Pablo Markin

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