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The future of open access publishing is in our hands

The future of open access publishing is in our handsChristopher May, Lancaster University, UK I have been thinking about open access publication ever since I became interested in intellectual property rights twenty five years ago. There are all sorts of issues with the current standard system of academic publishing, not least of all that an oligopoly of journal publishers have maintained a system (albeit that has changed in its details) that sees them effectively profit from free inputs which…See More

Oct 21, 2019

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Are you participating in OAWeek 2021? (You can update this later): Yes--definitely!

First name: Christopher

Last name: May

Organization/institution name: Lancaster University

Type of institution: Academic Institution

What's your position?: Researcher

What's the level of OA awareness where you are?: Medium

What are your goals for OA Week?: Encourage colleagues in Politics and associate disciplines to publish via OA routes

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The future of open access publishing is in our hands

The future of open access publishing is in our hands

Christopher May, Lancaster University, UK

I have been thinking about open access publication ever since I became interested in intellectual property rights twenty five years ago. There are all sorts of issues with the current standard system of academic publishing, not least of all that an oligopoly of journal publishers have maintained a system (albeit…

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