Madhan, M. and Kimidi, S.S. and Gunasekaran, S. and Arunachalam, S.
(2017)
Should Indian researchers pay to get their
work published?
Current Science, 112 (4).
pp. 703-713.
ISSN 0011-3891
Abstract
Paying to publish is an ethical issue. During 2010–14, Indian researchers have used 488 open
access (OA) journals levying article processing charge (APC), ranging from US$ 7.5 to 5,000, to
publish about 15,400 papers. Use of OA journals levying APC has increased from 242 journals and
2,557 papers in 2010 to 328 journals and 3,634 papers in 2014. We estimate that India is potentially
spending about US$ 2.4 million annually on APCs paid to OA journals and the amount would
be much more if we add APCs paid to make papers published in hybrid journals open access. It
would be prudent for Indian authors to make their work freely available through interoperable repositories,
a trend that is growing in Latin America and China, especially when funding is scarce.
Scientists are ready to pay APC as long as institutions pay for it and funding agencies are not
ready to insist that grants provided for research should not be used for paying APC.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Article processing charge; hybrid OA journals; institutional repositories; OA policy; open access journals. |
| Subjects: |
Others |
| Divisions: |
UNSPECIFIED |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. N Meyyappan
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| Date Deposited: |
17 May 2019 11:16 |
| Last Modified: |
17 May 2019 11:16 |
| URI: |
http://cecri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/3241 |
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