Published in SilNews 83, 6-7. 2024.
New Publication: "Inequality in academic publishing: Latin American researchers against the odds."
Researchers from LaƟn America have been facing many obstacles in science, ranging fromlimited research funding to language barriers, and in recent years the increase in pay-to-publish journals. Journals use a variety of models to meet their income needs and publishing service costs, and ArƟcle Processing Charges (APCs) is one of them. APCs are charged to authors of arƟcles during the publicaƟon process and used by open-access journals in place of subscripƟon feesthat libraries and readers have tradiƟonally paid to obtain access to research arƟcles. Thus, APCs shiŌthe burden of journal producƟon costs (e.g., ediƟng, peer review, archiving) directly to authors or their funders or insƟtuƟons. APCs applied to academic research are usually quite high (ranging from around 350 to 3600 USD), eīecƟvely limiƟng the publishing opportuniƟes for researchers from developing countries.
