EMERGE
Open Access - Dilemma
Wha would you do?
Dilemma 1
A esea che om ano he coun y you me and
sympa hized wi h in an in e na ional con e ence
con ac s you o ask i you wan o con ibu e o a special
issue o a jou nal he coo dina es.
The issue is in you domain o expe ise, you accep ,
and submi a pape which is accep ed.
You disco e hen ha you mus pay an APC which you
had no an icipa ed. Wha do you do ?
Dilemma 2
You used Cha GPT o co ec he g amma , p oduce
keywo ds and an abs ac in English o you pape .
Do you ha e o make his known o he publishe o he
jou nal you submi o ?
Do you ci e Cha GPT as an au ho ?
Dilemma 3
One o he g aphs you p epa ed as an illus a ion o
you a icle is di icul o ead.
You husband/wi e wan s o help and ad ises you o
change colo s and supp ess isola ed ex eme alues
which oblige o ha e a e y la ge scale, and concen a e
on he main g oup o alues.
Do you ollow his/he ad ice ?
Dilemma 4
3 yea s ago you w o e an a icle wi h ano he esea che o
you lab ; i was well ecei ed in you discipline, al hough a
he ime bo h o you chose no o pu i in open access.
You colleague has since e i ed in Po ugal, and you ha e no
means o each him.
You wan a p omo ion and need o pu he ull ex o he
a icle in you ins i u ional open a chi e, which he publishe
policy enables, in o de o boos you candida u e.
Do you upload he ull ex ?
Dilemma 5
You' e w i en an a icle on a subjec ha could ha e a
signi ican impac on you ield o esea ch.
You' e aced wi h he choice o publishing in a adi ional
specialis jou nal alued by you esea ch communi y, bu
accessible ia an expensi e subsc ip ion o eade s, o
publishing in a mo e gene al, equally high-quali y, open
access jou nal ha a ge s a wide eade ship.
Wha 's you pe sonal s a egy?
Dilemma 6
You' e w i en an a icle on a subjec ha could ha e a
signi ican impac on you ield o esea ch.
This ime, you can choose be ween submi ing you pape o
an open access highly p es igious jou nal wi h a igo ous
e iew p ocess, a e y low accep ance a e and a long
publica ion wai ime, o o a less well-known open access
jou nal ha gua an ees quick and b oad dissemina ion o
you wo k.
Wha 's you pe sonal s a egy?
Dilemma 7
You a e he edi o ial boa d o a well known jou nal published
by Else ie . I is cu en ly hyb id ( adi ional bu op ional open
access a icle wi h an APC o 4000 €).
Else ie asks you i you accep a lip o ull Open Access (all
a icles in Open Access wi h APCs).
Wha a e he p os and cons, and wha do you do ?
