Equitable Open Access

The predominant financial model for OA is based on Article Processing Charges (APCs), which often forces authors to assemble support from diverse sources, including research grants. For a sustainable transition to equitable OA, funders could award funding to journals on a competitive basis to encourage adoption of open science, reproducibility and quality mandates. The predominant financial model for OA is based on Article Processing Charges (APCs), which often forces authors to assemble support from diverse sources, including research grants. For a sustainable transition to equitable OA, funders could award funding to journals on a competitive basis to encourage adoption of open science, reproducibility and quality mandates.