Covid is no reason to ease off on demands for open knowledge, Australian forum hears

Research funding bodies should take a leaf from astronomy’s book and blacklist journals with prohibitive access policies, says Australian National University vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt.

Professor Schmidt told an online forum that funders should impose “very clear” open access requirements, with researchers barred from publishing in any journal that charged for views – even if the journal was the “bee’s knees”.

“I say, don’t publish in that journal – go somewhere else,” he told the Remaking HE conference. “I have very strong views on this. Sometimes you’ve just got to do what’s right, even if it hurts.”

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