Open access, “piracy” and Article Processing Charges (APC) in Argentina: an informed policy for the national research funding agency
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Scientific communication is carried out in various ways: at scientific meetings (congresses, conferences, etc.), by journalistic notes and interviews, through social media and academic networks as well as the main way of communicating research results in terms of volume of copies and prestige: publication in scientific journals. The ecosystem of scientific journals is also diverse: journals published by small or large research institutions and universities coexist with journals published by scientific associations and others edited by publishing groups, each one with different objectives, scope and capacities. Despite this diversity, in recent decades the process of conferring prestige to scholarly journals has been concentrated in a small set of commercial conglomerates which produce impact indicators, used in most countries to make decisions on research positions and funding. These publishing oligopolies consume the budgets of research and scientific funding institutions through the payment of subscriptions and, increasingly, through the payment of Article Processing Charges (APC) or Read&Publish agreements.
