Why is there a mixed model of funding under the Oxford Open model?
We have chosen this model in consultation with authors and librarians. The ability of authors to pay publication charges is highly dependent on sponsoring agencies and research institutions making the necessary changes to their funding processes so that authors have the funds at their disposal. For this reason we believe that a transition to an author-funded Open Access model will need to occur gradually. We hope that you will support the Oxford Open initiative by maintaining your online subscriptions to give your researchers who wish to publish in the journal in question the option of paying reduced author charges, should they choose to have their paper made freely available online. By doing this we hope to establish an accessible charging initiative that will actively encourage funding agencies to make further resources available for publication.
We have chosen this model in consultation with authors and librarians. The ability of authors to pay publication charges is highly dependent on sponsoring agencies and research institutions making the necessary changes to their funding processes so that authors have the funds at their disposal. For this reason we believe that any transition to an author-funded open access model will need to occur gradually. We hope that you will support the Oxford Open initiative by maintaining your online subscriptions to give your researchers who wish to publish in the journal in question the option of paying reduced author charges, should they choose to have their paper made freely available online. By doing this we hope to establish an accessible charging initiative that will actively encourage funding agencies to make further resources available for publication.
