IS OPEN-ACCESS PUBLISHING THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE? WHAT PROBLEMS PLAGUE OPEN-ACCESS PUBLISHING AS PRACTICED NOW?

摘要

Open-access publishing is the wave of the future in many disciplines for the simple reason that it is so beneficial to the conduct of research in those disciplines. If the costs of publishing can be fully met at the front end of the process, through author payments or by other means, the extraordinary advances in digital technology and online dissemination make it possible for the final published article to be immediately freely available to all.