"Scholarly Publishing Won’t Be Saved by Incremental Change"
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/scholarly-publishing-wont-be-saved-incremental-change"We’re stuck in a moribund scholarly publishing ecosystem. Acts of refusal by academic researchers and faculty may be our only way out."
#publishing #openaccess #transformativeagreements
Scholarly Publishing Won’t Be Saved by Incremental Change
We’re stuck in a moribund scholarly publishing ecosystem. Acts of refusal by academic researchers and faculty may be our only way out.
Cantrell, M. H., & Collister, L. (2025). Scholarly publishing won’t be saved by incremental change. Katina Magazine.
https://doi.org/10.1146/katina-082125-1 #OpenAccess #TransformativeAgreementsScholarly Publishing Won’t Be Saved by Incremental Change
We’re stuck in a moribund scholarly publishing ecosystem. Acts of refusal by academic researchers and faculty may be our only way out.
Implementation of Transformative Agreements at the University of Chicago Library: A Case Study – InfoDoc MicroVeille
Depuis 15 ans, les #TransformativeAgreements peinent à remplir leur objectif (accompagner l'ouverture des #RevuesScientifiques).
Si bien qu'un certain nombre d'institutions choisissent de ne pas poursuivre leur #AccordTransformant
#OpenAccess
➡️ https://openscience.pasteur.fr/2025/03/19/les-accords-transformants-clap-de-fin/
Les accords transformants, clap de fin ?
A partir des années 2010, les bibliothèques d’institutions de recherche, réunies en consortiums, et les éditeurs scientifiques mettent en place des accords “transformants” (transformative agr…
1000-up for The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish initiative - Research Information
Institutions in 53 countries are now participating in scheme; there are agreements with 20 library consortia
All our Authors: Open Access Publishing Agreements and Academic Research Library Websites in the United States
The business of transformative agreement – InfoDoc MicroVeille
Assessing Opt-In Rates for Transformative Agreements | Tracy | Library Resources & Technical Services
Assessing Opt-In Rates for Transformative Agreements
...2/2 "Cette situation confère aux maisons d'édition traditionnelles (qui ne sont pas en libre accès) un pouvoir sur le marché considérable. Il élève les barrières à l'entrée, réduit la concurrence et augmente les coûts pour les bibliothèques et les universités"
Mais QUAND va-t-on cesser cette folie des accords "transformants" ???!!🤯
#openaccess #oaweek #transformativeagreements #openscience #publishers #hydridesjournals #APCs #articleprocessingchargesNew study: "Research institutions seem to be 'trapped' in #TransformativeAgreements. Instead of being a bridge towards a fully #OpenAccess world, academia is stuck in the #hybrid system."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.20224
PS: This confirms the #BOAI20 diagnosis (March 2022): "Paying #APCs at hybrid journals pays the journals to stay hybrid. It pays them to resist the conversion to full OA that many institutions intend and predict when they enter the agreements."
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/
#ReadAndPublish
Trapped in Transformative Agreements? A Multifaceted Analysis of >1,000 Contracts
Transformative agreements between academic publishers and research institutions are ubiquitous. The 'Efficiency and Standards for Article Charges' (ESAC) Initiative lists more than 1,000 contracts in its database. We make use of this unique dataset by web-scraping the details of every contract to substantially expand the overview spreadsheet provided by the ESAC Initiative. Based on that hitherto unused data source, we combine qualitative and quantitative methods to conduct an in-depth analysis of the contract characteristics and the TA landscape. Our analysis demonstrates that research institutions seem to be 'trapped' in transformative agreements. Instead of being a bridge towards a fully Open Access world, academia is stuck in the hybrid system. This endows the legacy (non-Open Access) publishing houses with substantial market power. It raises entry barriers, lowers competition, and increases costs for libraries and universities.
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Andreas Ferus
Infodoc MicroVeille
Open Science Pasteur
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