Academics of human sciences and in low income countries find pay-to-publish model unfavourable

  • International survey explored attitudes towards open access publishing model based on publishing fees.
  • Academics in human sciences and in low and lower-middle income countries are more critical towards the pay-to-publish model.
  • Researchers committed to self-archiving also have negative perception of open access publishing fees.

Read more: Segado-Boj, F., Prieto-Gutiérrez, J.-J. and Martín-Quevedo, J. (2022), Attitudes, willingness, and resources to cover article publishing charges: The influence of age, position, income level country, discipline and open access habits. Learned Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1455