Access to science, knowledge and publications should be open to everyone!
How can we reach this common goal? What are current challenges?
In pursuit of this goal, the Great Debate brings together four experts in various aspects of Open Access Publishing to discuss current challenges and potential solutions:
- Françoise Rousseau-Hans, Coordinator of the French Unified Consortium of Higher Education and Research Organizations for Access to Digital Publications (COUPERIN)
- Nicola Spaldin, Chair of the Working Group of Open Science, European Research Council
- Colleen Campbell, Strategic Advisor for Max Planck Digital Library, Coordinator of the Open Access 2020 Initiative (OA2020)
- Johan Rooryck, Executive Director cOAlition S, the international initiative to make full and immediate Open Access to research publications
The Great Debate will cover specific topics, including:
- the advantages and disadvantages of agreements between publishers and institutions
- reasons why fully open access publishers, like Copernicus, are not prioritized in negotiations of such agreements
- recommendations for improving national guidelines on open access publishing,
- the costs that are associated with the publication of scientific papers.
The insights gained from the Great Debate will help scientists to make informed decisions on the choice of journals for publishing their work. In addition, it will contribute to recommendations for improving guidelines on open access publishing at national and international levels.