They're not wrong:
"Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has announced it will cease funding #openaccess (#OA) publishing costs, arguing that the current model is failing to deliver a fair and efficient system for disseminating research."
https://www.researchinformation.info/news/cancer-research-uk-to-stop-funding-open-access-publishing/
I wonder if the ORE announcement may have anything to do with that decision?
Are there any similar efforts going on in the UK?
@brembs @dfg_public You should be doing the same. I find it inacceptable to pay private companies to remove barriers that these very companies artificially put up to gate keep research results (with a huge profit) that the public has already paid for and should be able to benefit from for free.
Capitalist open access (anything that is not Diamond open access) is inacceptable IMO.
This realization may exactly be one of the reaosns why @dfg_public is supporting ORE?
https://www.dfg.de/en/basics-topics/digital-topics/open-access/ore
@brembs @dfg_public I'd think so.
Yet, one can still apply for additional funding to cover open access publication costs.
And they even have a dedicated funding program for that:
https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/funding-opportunities/programmes/infrastructure/lis/funding-opportunities/open-access-publication-funding
So, as it stands, the DFG is paying these fees. I'd love to know which sum this amounts to each year. Money that is simply gone and cannot be spent on research directly.
Björn Brembs
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