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
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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