The EU is set to rein in the racket of scientific publishing by backing open access to publicly-funded research papers. The proposals, firstreported by Research Professional News, emerged in a new document from the Council of the EU. In draft conclusions due to be adopted later this month, the council called for open access to be the default in scholarly publishing. It also wants to end the controversial practice of charging fees to authors. Immediate and unrestricted open access should be the norm in publishing research involving public funds, with transparent pricing commensurate with the publication services and where costs…
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