For what it's worth, as far as I can see, this is not paywalled...
On Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 10:14 AM Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
> I was interviewed by Chemistry World (Royal Soc Chem) last week about
> Projekt DEAL 's agreement with Springer.
> TL;DR I read as much as I could and gave the interview
Thank you Chris,
I feel exactly as you do, maybe more. This is wrong on several counts.
(a) as you say it requires the underprivileged (the "scholarly poor") to
beg. Some journals give lower prices for World Bank LMIC countries - but
often Brasil and India are classified as high-income. Even
I was interviewed by Chemistry World (Royal Soc Chem) last week about
Projekt DEAL 's agreement with Springer.
TL;DR I read as much as I could and gave the interview and said I was
deeply unhappy about DEAL. The interview appeared, it 's now behind a
premium wall. It mangled what I said and has
(Apologies for cross-posting)
This is to raise a question about how editors of Open Access journals that demand an article processing charge (APC) should deal with discounts for non-institutional authors or those from poorer countries.
