Open Access, Innovation, and Research Infrastructure

Benedikt Fecher and Gert Wagner
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Benedikt Fecher: German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin 10108, Germany

Publications, 2016, vol. 4, issue 2, 1-8

Abstract: In this article we argue that the current endeavors to achieve open access in scientific literature require a discussion about innovation in scholarly publishing and research infrastructure. Drawing on path dependence theory and addressing different open access (OA) models and recent political endeavors, we argue that academia is once again running the risk of outsourcing the organization of its content.

Keywords: innovation; Open Access; research infrastructure; scholarly publishing; green open access; gold open access; diamond open access; journal flipping (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A2 D83 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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