Open Access: What Does It Mean for the Future of Academic Publishing?

The Duquesne University Times Takes A Look At the open access movement. They say While open access offers a promising solution, it does face some challenges. At the forefront of these challenges is a veritable Catch 22: in order to be successful, open access journals must develop reputations that can compete with those of traditional journals. However, many researchers are reluctant to publish in open access journals because they do not have the time-tested reputation of the traditional journals.