The vast majority of OA journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals do not charge author fees. For those that do, many (such as PLoS and BMC) waive the fees in cases of economic hardship.
David
On 19 Jan 2011, at 15:26, Kevin Symonds wrote:
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> That way access to the material won't be at the whim of publishers, for whom free access is not a primary motivation.
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> Thinking of this part of it does anyone know how these low income scientists deal with Open Access? Is there a special deal for OA for these scientists?
> After all they want their publications to be as available to the world as much as we do. If we are having to pay exorbitant fees to make articles OA what hope do they have?
> And if publications are going to have to be paid for, why would OA discounts (if they exist) be any different in the future?
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