Lack of grants from funding agencies biggest barrier to OA publishing in physical sciences, study finds

Phys.org  August 22, 2022
AIP Publishing, the American Physical Society (APS), IOP Publishing (IOPP) and Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA) conducted a study on Open Access (OA). Over 3,000 physical science researchers from across the globe participated in the OA in physics. According to the study over half (53%) of physical science researchers want to publish OA but 62% say a lack of monies from funding agencies prevents them from doing so. Over the past 5 years, 14% of respondents have not published OA at all, and over 50% have only published one article per year OA over that period. The lack of grant monies from funding agencies is most keenly felt by researchers in South, Central and Latin America as well as in India and Pakistan. In Europe, 61% state that obtaining grants is the most significant barrier to OA publishing. Overall, 30% of the respondents say they have not been able to publish in a specific journal due to lack of access to grant funding to pay for the cost of publishing OA…read more.