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Update. Here's a piece by the senior publisher at @ioppublishing (#IOPP) trying to entice authors to look beyond journal impact factors (#JIFs) when choosing a publisher. It pushes #OpenAccess as an important factor to consider. So far, so good. It mentions high #APCs as a potential barrier, but points to #waivers in mitigation. (IOPP offers waivers.) It never mentions #DiamondOA. (IOPP doesn't offer no-fee OA journals.) And of course it never mentions #GreenOA.
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20240726092407654
Choosing a publisher? It’s not all about the impact factor

As the academic publishing industry evolves, researchers have the opportunity to choose a publisher who is aligned with their own values. While the im...

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Show threadpetersuberJul 20, 2024
Update. To be fair, the #IOPP version of the announcement omits the word "officially". But it still uses the word "joins".
https://ioppublishing.org/news/romania-joins-the-open-science-movement/
Romania joins the open science movement - IOP Publishing

2024 marks the first year for centralised open access agreements in Romania. While preparation and discussions began some time ago, it is only now that Romanian researchers will have the ability to publish their work open access through transformative agreements, such as the one recently negotiated between IOP Publishing and the Association of Romanian Universities, […]

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petersuberJul 20, 2024

#Romania has taken many steps toward #OpenAccess and #OpenScience (OA/OS) before this month. For example, see those tagged by the Open Access Tracking Project (@oatp, #oatp).
https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/tag/oa.romania

It's an extreme oversimplification of OA/OS, and an insult to Romania, to say that Romania "officially joins the global open science movement" only now that it has signed a "transformative" or read-and-publish agreement with the Institute of Physics Publishing (#IOPP).
https://www.knowledgespeak.com/news/romania-joins-the-open-science-movement/

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