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Session 3 – Economy

Making open access beneficial for publishers

The session "Open access, scientific and economic stakes" will meet the advocates and critics of open access. In 2006, a study conducted for the European commission showed that the scientific journal publishing industry did not adopt a particularly competitive approach. It was putting a large number of university libraries in a difficult position by setting very inflexible subscription conditions with prices that were probably too high.

"The scientific journal publishing industry […] was putting a large number of university libraries in a difficult position"

Victor Ginsburgh, chairman of session 3

Several alternative models to these subscriptions have been proposed, including an open access journal model. These journals are financed by the authors that publish in them and are free for readers to access. These session participants will endeavour to examine to what extent the interests of researchers and the financial interests of major scientific publishers can be reconciled.





Supporting organization:
French Ministry For Higher Education And ResearchMax Planck SocietyINRIA - French national institute for research in computer science and controlUniversité Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne