I think there is a real danger here in this new approach taken by RCUK, and
that it concerns the whole scientific community.
I sense that commercial publishers have now found, or been given, a way to
justify their existence (not to mention their huge profit margins).
In light of the plausible g
In my opinion, on the contrary, the RCUK policy is not a good one,
precisely because it puts the interests of the "Gold OA publication market",
and even the "publication market" tout court, in front of the interests of
research and researchers.
Journals are just instrumental in research, they are