Some academic publishers have been accused by scientists of being “too greedy” and prioritising profit over research integrity.
- Dean of Research, Humanities, Curtin University
Open access to COVID-19 research accelerated the development of solutions. The urgency of climate change demands the same approach, but more than half of Australian research is still behind paywalls.
In many other countries, a majority of research publications are now open access, but the system of paying for access still dominates academic publishing in Australia.
To the mark the eighth annual Open Access Week, we asked our readers what they wanted to know about the initiative. Here are their questions with answers from our experts.
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