From: Richard Poynder <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:26:46 +0100

I have had an editorial published in ecancer journal with the above title.

The final two paragraphs read:

[W]hat if funders, governments and research institutions ceased
providing money for researchers to pay to publish, and instead
insisted that they continue publishing in subscription journals—but
always self-archived their papers in OA repositories (green OA)? Would
this not mean that publishers would have to compete with repositories
in access provision? And would they not as a result lower their
prices? And if they did, could we not hope to see both the
accessibility and affordability problems resolved?

Some will respond that in the wake of the pushback against the Finch
Report, and the subsequent gold OA policy announced in 2013 by
Research Councils UK, the trend now is in any case to introduce green
OA mandates. But these mandates still sometimes expect researchers to
prefer gold OA, and are usually accompanied by APC funds. Moreover,
the requirements of a green OA mandate can in any case be met by
paying to publish in a gold OA journal. For so long as funders offer
to pay their APCs, therefore, most researchers will likely choose that
option, if only because it is much easier.

http://ecancer.org/journal/editorial/41-open-access-what-price-affordability.php

Richard Poynder