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Who should carry the cost of making scientific knowledge open?

📖 Read the full article to explore how shared responsibility can help create a more equitable and sustainable future for scholarly publishing.
editorscafe.org/details.php?...

#EditorsCafe #TheCostOfKnowledge #OpenAccess
October 29, 2026 at 6:00 AM
theacse.bsky.social
The Full Price of Free Knowledge: An Open Access Ledger from Nigeria

What if making research free to read does not make the journey of creating and publishing it affordable?

editorscafe.org/details.php?...

#EditorsCafe #OpenAccessWeek2026 #TheCostOfKnowledge #ResearchEquity
October 26, 2026 at 4:29 AM
theacse.bsky.social
📌 In a special #OAW2026 session, Andrea Chiarelli (Research Consulting) and Maryam Sayab (Asian Council of Science Editors) dive into the real costs of making research open.

🎬 Watch the full interview below:
youtu.be/Es3QJoR5j6A

#OpenAccessWeek2026 #TheCostOfKnowledge
October 23, 2026 at 4:53 AM
dmmjournal.bsky.social
‘Why is publishing so expensive?’

This year’s theme for #OAweek is #TheCostOfKnowledge - an opportunity to revisit the Editorial where DMM, a fully Open Access journal, is transparent about its publishing finances: journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
‘Why is publishing so expensive?’
For many of us who work in scientific publishing, the title of this Editorial is a question we hear all the time when we're out talking to academics. And it's a perfectly reasonable one. After all,…
journals.biologists.com
October 22, 2026 at 10:02 AM
theacse.bsky.social
🔓 Emma Molls (University of Minnesota Libraries) and Maryam Sayab(Asian Council of Science Editors) explore "The Cost of Knowledge" for #OpenAccessWeek2026.

👉 Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/pmSWy39h9Rg

#OpenAccessWeek2026 #TheCostOfKnowledge #OpenResearch
October 22, 2026 at 5:40 AM
biologyopen.bsky.social
‘Why is publishing so expensive?’

This year’s theme for #OAweek is #TheCostOfKnowledge - an opportunity to revisit the Editorial where BiO, a fully Open Access journal, is transparent about publishing finances: journals.biologists.com/bio/article/...
‘Why is publishing so expensive?’
For many of us who work in scientific publishing, the title of this Editorial is a question we hear all the time when we're out talking to academics. And it's a perfectly reasonable one. After all,…
journals.biologists.com
October 21, 2026 at 11:02 AM
theacse.bsky.social
📌 In this #OpenAccessWeek2026 session, Heather Joseph (SPARC) and Maryam Sayab (Asian Council of Science Editors) discuss: What does it cost when knowledge remains inaccessible?

🎬 Watch the full interview below:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnY-...

#OpenAccessWeek2026 #TheCostOfKnowledge
October 20, 2026 at 6:00 AM
egonw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
reminds me of "The Cost of Knowledge": http://thecostofknowledge.com/

"Academics have protested against Elsevier's business practices for years with little effect."

Maybe time more people add their signatures then?

#openaccess #openscience
akademienl.social
October 19, 2026 at 2:19 PM
egonw.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy
"The Cost of Knowledge" (http://
thecostofknowledge.com/) exists 15 years next year. Would be nice if we could break the 25k signatures. Who wants to help out?

Sign now and/or post your signature with the hashtag. Let's give it a boost and celebrate the new norm

#thecostofknowledge
October 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
rmounce.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
How many UK universities in a row need to ditch Elsevier before RELX investors get worried about their stock price?

*pondering* ...

#houseofcards #thecostofknowledge
January 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
rmounce.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Anyone taking bets on which UK universities are also going to announce they are ditching Elsevier in the next few weeks?

[ inside information welcome 🙂 ]

#elsevierexit
#thecostofknowledge
#houseofcards
January 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM