Current system for covering publishing costs is regionally and globally inequitable, says funder group
Coalition S, a group of research funders that require immediate open access to papers reporting work they have supported, is commissioning a study to explore a “fair” global pricing system for academic publishing.
Announcing its plans on 6 February, the group said the current dominant systems for covering the costs of academic publishing are regionally and globally inequitable because they do not reflect geographical differences in purchasing power—an argument that Coalition S executive director Johan Rooryck set out previously in Research Professional News, together with co-author Faranah Osman.
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