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#OpenAccess represents an important sector of scholarly publishing not only because of the continued growth in scientific output, but also since it removes paywall barriers to academic content ow.ly/98OE50UcNbt

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Scientific publishers are producing more papers than ever

Concerns about some of their business models are building


The author-facing fees that researchers face when publishing in #OpenAccess journals continue to be a significant barrier toward the removal of paywall barriers to scholarly output for both scientific communities and professional stakeholders worldwide ow.ly/3OXk50U9esU


Publishing in #OpenAccess inherently contributes to scholarly integrity, since it introduces transparency into publication procedures ow.ly/LYZu50U6fst


As, on one hand, #OpenAccess platforms remove cost barriers to scholarly content, these also ought to comply with accessibility guidelines, on the other hand, to ensure the inclusivity of Open Science initiatives ow.ly/R2VZ50U4aqK


Transitioning to #OpenScience can not infrequently also require a change in publishing practices and reward structures on the level of both individual researchers and academic institutions respectively ow.ly/RzVT50U2o2P


Whereas transitions to #OpenAccess involve multiple stakeholders, such as publishers and libraries, these also comprise wider-scale Open Science-related aims for research data and code and associated, innovative business models ow.ly/nWuC50U0xBE


While #OpenScience has made significant progress in recent years, barriers to the implementation of its guidelines continues to exist, such as with regard to empirical data ow.ly/97WM50TZv1C


Whereas transitioning scholarly journals to #OpenAccess can be expected to contribute to output quality, academic transparency, and researcher inclusion, the removal of author-facing cost barriers also demands sustainable publishing models ow.ly/qQWC50TUEz8


Diamond #OpenAccess models contribute to the status of scholarly knowledge as a public good ow.ly/YMVb50TQVcE


#OpenScience and Open Data represent key principles for ensuring unrestricted public access to scientific research, enhancing validation, reproducibility, and interdisciplinary collaboration, as exemplified by the free-to-access platforms, such as Zenodo ow.ly/qGoB50TPBRQ


As recent findings indicate, for scholars and institutions from emerging economies, e.g., those in the MENA region, publishing their output in #OpenAccess is likely to significantly contribute to citation visibility and international rankings respectively ow.ly/7fFe50TOAR6


Though the positive impact of #OpenScience practices on innovation, collaboration and transparency is broadly recognized, their implementation continues to face challenges, as their costs and benefits can be context dependent ow.ly/kiyr50TNPEm


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