From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 15:09:29 -0800 > and once again: *Gold OA means an open access journal, and it implies nothing with regard to the financing of that journal*. Let me disagree. IF an author pays for his forthcoming article in advance, the journal benefits directly - this payment is like an insurance, which quashes the uncertainty, as the article might not be in demand and thus could not be easily sold otherwise than via a controversial and unpopular bundle subscription. Ari Belenkiy Vancouver BC Canada On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 5:35 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: "Guédon Jean-Claude" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 16:15:34 +0000 > > At the very least, the question was poorly phrased because of its > incorporating redundant terms: a "fully open access journal", by > definition, does not charge subscription fees to anyone. As for SCOAP3-type > agreements, they should not be treated as subscriptions. > > Incidentally, and once again: *Gold OA means an open access journal, and > it implies nothing with regard to the financing of that journal*. When > APCs are involved, the journal belongs to a subset of Gold, and, properly > speaking, it should be called APC-Gold. > > Jean-Claude Guédon > > On 2019-11-06 4:00 p.m., LIBLICENSE wrote: > > From: "Mittermaier, Bernhard" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 20:00:38 +0000 > > Hi Rachel, Don't you think the question was asked in a biased way? > > T&F asked: > "would you submit your work to a fully open access journal which charged > for publication and published no subscription content?" > > What do you think about: > "would you submit your work to a journal which publishes all articles open > access free for everybody to read and does not charge the libraries for > subcription fees?" > > By using a non-neutral way of explaining Gold OA in the question you might > have influenced the answers. > > Best regards, > Bernhard > ########################################### > Dr. Bernhard Mittermaier > Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH > Leiter der Zentralbibliothek / Head of the Central Library > 52425 Jülich > Tel ++49-2461-613013 > Fax ++49-2461-616103 > >