Academic Research Paywall

Paywall- The Business of Scholarship

Videos

News Articles

• Academic paywalls mean publish and perish – Al Jazeera
• Harvard University says it can’t afford journal publishers’ prices – Open access scientific publishing – The Guardian

• How much does it cost to get a scientific paper? – ScienceBlogs

• International scientific publishers milk universities – you and I pay the price – CBS WIRE
• Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science? – The Guardian

• Paywall: The business of scholarship review – analysis of a scandal – New Scientist

• Paywalls block scientific progress. Research should be open to everyone – The Guardian

• Science behind a paywall – Ours, Scientifica

• Scientific publishing is a rip-off. We fund the research – it should be free – The Guardian

• Scientist Explains Why Putting Research Behind A Paywall Is Immoral – Techdirt

• Why does it cost $20,000 a year to subscribe to a science journal? – Gizmodo

• Why does it cost millions to access publicly funded research papers? Blame the paywall – CBC News

• Why Is It So Expensive to Read Academic Research? Content piracy may be illegal, but price gouging is at least as despicable.- Slate

• Why is Science Behind a Paywall? – Priceonomics.com
• Why Should Taxpayer-Funded Research Be Put Behind a Paywall? – Pacific Standard

Websites

• Paywall- The Business of Scholarship
• The Cost of Knowledge

The Oligopoly of Academic Publishers in the Digital Era – PLOS Journals