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Ending profiteering from publicly-funded research: Tackling the academic publishing oligopoly

20 Mar 2024

Academic publishing houses are among the most profitable businesses in the world. They charge exorbitant fees for access to research that the public funds. The global momentum toward a free open access model is gaining traction, but Australia lags behind. This paper looks at several changes that could stop public funds from being funnelled to the oligopoly of academic publishers.
scholarly publishing journals

Authors

Kristen Scicluna

Published in
Australia