Dear Colleagues,
As you can note day by day many Journals have been transformed from hybrid submission (subscription and open access) to only open access option. Although the many advantageous benefits of the open-access choice for both authors and journals, however, many authors have not the economical resources (budget or financial support) for this choice. This matter forms an additional hurdle for the researchers working in limited resource labs. The difference in the available resources constitutes a new barrier of inequality and equal opportunity among researchers.
Is it possible to achieve equality for researchers in access to publication?
Are there organizations supporting the publication with open access option?
See these discussions on funding:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Funders_for_article_publication_charges
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Funding_for_publication
https://www.researchgate.net/post/If_you_need_Fundraising_Help_for_Publication
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How-to-get-funding-for-an-open-access-Journal-publication
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How-can-I-find-a-funding-body-that-can-pay-the-fees-of-publishing-my-paper-in-an-open-access-journal
https://www.researchgate.net/post/funding_grants_to_publish_our_scholarly_article
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Seeking_help_for_funding_to_publish_a_research_paper
See also these discussions related to your general question:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_impact_of_high_article_processing_charges_on_research_publication_activities_in_low_and_middle_income_countries
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Researchers_in_developing_nations_face_difficulties_with_the_publication_fee
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Because_famous_academic_publications_cost_money_is_science_exclusive_to_the_wealthy_Where_is_scientific_equality_between_the_wealthy_and_the_poor
And see my extended reply in https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_do_journals_request_authors_to_pay_article_publication_charges_before_publication_and_require_authors_to_pay_before_access on general aspects of financing publications.
Hi, there are many free to publish journals which I have used to disseminate my work. Others have nominal fees (£30-400). Please contact me directly if you would like further information. I'd be happy to support either early career, or disadvantaged scientists by providing access to the quality peer reviewed journals I have used.
Best wishes,
Grace
Hello Duried Alwazeer
I think you make an excellent point that the gap between rich and poor is getting bigger and bigger and this is another excellent example of the problem.
I have come across some journals where the owner/publisher is actually the society for that journal and they pay for it internally so there are no costs to the author for submission/processing and making it all open-access. There are very few journals like this, unfortunately.
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