“Science family of journals announces change to open-access policy”: the title of this Nature news article may sound boring, but the news are not:| Research Practices and Tools
After long and tortuous negotiations, the French consortium Couperin has claimed victory in its recent agreement with Springer, after having secured price decreases. This claim seems reasonable, as prices of big deals with publishers tend to increase steadily. Of course, critics can still point out that Springer remains very expensive compared to smaller, more efficient publishers. But at least Springer seems amenable to some compromises in negotiations. And one should not forget that the gre...| Research Practices and Tools