Heads I win, tails you lose: The intransigence of STM publishers

Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 919-929

  Arunachalam, Subbiah ^a   Ramamoorthi, Perumal ^b   Gunasekaran, Subbiah ^c  

^a Centre for Internet and Society   (India)

^b SAMEER Centre for Electromagnetics India   (India)

^c CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Article processing charges; Big deal; Double dipping; Hybrid journals; Library consortia; Open access movement; Rising cost of journals; STM publishers

Indexed keywords

LIBRARIES;

BIG DEAL; DOUBLE DIPPING; HYBRID JOURNALS; LIBRARY CONSORTIUM; OPEN ACCESS MOVEMENTS; RISING COST OF JOURNALS; STM PUBLISHERS;

OPEN ACCESS;

EID: 84929075630     PISSN: 03700046     EISSN: 24549983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.16943/ptinsa/2014/v80i5/47965     Document Type: Article

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