Open access (106) Should funders stop paying APCs? (5)

10 November, 2025

Uzodinma Adirieje, Nigeria writes

> Without APC support, researchers may not be able

> to publish in open-access journals, with the risk of limiting

> global access to their findings — especially in low- and

> middle-income regions.

There is no such risk. Nothing prevent researchers from uploading their research to any web site and make it available there.

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Written by Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel on his 22074th day.)

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