The debate over open access is missing the point

Key points It is more important to a funder to know that the research advances knowledge and has an impact on the field than that it is published in a prestigious journal (or not). Improving journal quality assurance is more important than improving the business model. Focusing on open access misses the point that journals need to improve their quality standards.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Learned Publishing

• Publication date

  2019-04-01

• Fields of study

  Business, Psychology, Computer Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1002/leap.1223
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

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