Japan's push to make all research open access

Re:Japan's push to make all research open access by shellac on Friday May 31, 2024 @04:15AM (#40532581)

> You pay the publisher a large sum of money for the “right” to self-publish the preprint, and they still paywall it

There's no APC with Green OA, so what money are you talking about? Green OA is regular publishing, but with self archiving. There will be a version freely available, and the publishers aren't paid for that privilege.

If you want a route to the death of publishers, green OA is a promising one.

(I think the headline ought to emphasise that this is pushing green OA, which is the interesting bit)

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Re:Japan's push to make all research open access by low_tech_love on Friday May 31, 2024 @09:41AM (#40535026)

I’ve had to pay for the option to publish my preprints in a couple of CS journals. I’ll look into that.

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Re:Japan's push to make all research open access by shellac on Friday May 31, 2024 @10:38AM (#40535793)

Ah, I somewhat see the confusion. Green OA doesn't require the publisher to publish other versions for free, it just means you are allowed to publish them. Typically you'd publish them via an institutional repository, preprint server (often discipline specific), or in one of a number of free online services.

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