Publishing platforms
Staying open to open science needs
When it comes to platforms and the shifting open access landscape, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution, writes Hannah Heckner
One of the challenges inherent in developing a content hosting platform is also one of the challenges that open science frequently finds itself faced with: there is no one-size-fits-all. As a platform provider, we strive to design and deliver technology that meets and exceeds industry standards, offering publishers the benefits of scale and shared development, while simultaneously building in enough flexibility to accommodate the unique needs of individual publishers. Likewise, open access models are designed to be widely applicable and to address the needs of researchers, funders, publishers and readers – and yet new models continue to proliferate, each one with an approach that yields approximately the same result (namely, open access to research), while using occasionally different means to arrive there. As a technology vendor, this means we
have to approach all publisher solutions in a business-model-agnostic manner, ensuring the platform is able to satisfy those customers who are on the leading edge of open access innovation, those who rely on traditional subscription revenue, and those who manage publications with access models spanning the spectrum. By building infrastructure that works with diverse models, technology vendors afford publishers the flexibility to adapt and change with the market. In the last three years, the publishing market has changed as various industry initiatives have gained purchase, OA mandates have proliferated, library budgets have declined further, and the public health crisis pushed publishers to not only think twice about their paywalls, but to also
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