[LIS-Forum] Nature journals reveal open-access terms

[Paul Pandian]

Many thanks Mohan Sir for bringing this to the notice of LIS-Forum  
Users.  As mentioned in the description, apc (article publication  
charges)  charges are the highest.  The papers with APC charges paid  
will be made available free for all. But what about those who  
subscribe to the nature journal?.  There should be some mechanisms to  
reflect these APC paid papers (which may also form part of the regular  
issues of the nature journal) in the annual subscription rates for the  
subscribers?.  I don't seem to see this is happening in the previous  
year subscription rates. Hope I am making my point clear, Will  
appreciate if some members throw light on these issues.

Regards,

Paul Pandian
IMSc, Chennai

Quoting Mohan Hr <hrmohan at gmail.com>:

> Nature journals reveal open-access terms
>
> Spurred by the open-access (OA) initiative Plan S, publisher Springer
> Nature has announced how scientists can make their papers in its most
> selective titles free to read as soon as they are published. From 2021, the
> publisher will charge €9,500, US$11,390 or £8,290 to make a paper OA in
> Nature and 32 other journals that currently keep most of their articles
> behind paywalls and are financed by subscriptions. It is also trialling a
> scheme that would halve that price for some journals, under a common-review
> system that might guide papers to a number of titles.
>
> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03324-y
>
> Nature journals reveal terms of landmark open-access option
>
> The journals will charge authors up to €9,500 to make research papers free
> to read, in a long-awaited alternative to subscription-only publishing.
>
>
> Path to OA seems to be too expensive
>
> With regards -- hrmohan
>
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