Humanities scholars warn over UKRI’s plan for open-access books

Proposals to mandate open access monographs from 2024 will make it harder to publish and will limit career chances, says professor

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February 17, 2020
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#1 Submitted by SusannahM on February 18, 2020 - 11:21am
When there is sophisticated research easily available on the issue of OA for monographs, on the effect of OA on sales, on the relationship between OA and 'niche' subjects, why does the THE choose instead to report hearsay, unsourced anecdote, made-up numbers, and uninformed opinion from one person? Do you really have no writers capable of producing a researched, sourced, fact-checked, adequate report on this important issue?

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