Article Processing Charges may not be sustainable for academic researchers

• DOI: 10.38105/spr.stvcknibc5
• Publication Date: 2022-08-17T12:51:12Z
• Authors: Aditya M. Limaye

Concerns related to stressed library budgets and equitable access publicly funded research have fomented a movement towards open (OA) scholarly publishing, in which academic journal articles are made available online free of charge. OA challenges the traditional subscription-based revenue model major publishing companies; supplant lost revenue, many introduced new Article Processing Charge (APC) based model, authors study pay ensure their article is on an basis. In past several years, APCs risen considerably, shifting cost burden from university libraries individual groups, who often out funds. Focusing primarily scientific North America Europe, we review circumstances that brought about APC argue rising may present real threat productivity. We conclude by presenting some concrete actions stakeholders enterprise could take uphold standard mollify impact APCs.