The model of Gold Open Access publishing consists of charging authors a publication fee to make their research articles freely available to everyone (open access). However, this direct connection between the number of published articles and revenue can sometimes comprise quality.

Conversation starters

Professor Enrico Mastrobattista (Faculty of Science), Associate Professor of Epidemiologic methods, and a former editor for a Frontiers journal Maarten van Smeden (UMC Utrecht), Assistant Professor in Cognitive neuroscience and OSCU ambassador Marijn Struiksma (Faculty of Humanities) and Niko Wanders Associate Professor at the Faculty of Geosciences and editor for the Copernicus journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences will share their experiences. The audience will have the opportunity to share their opinion and join the discussion. The session will be moderated by Judith de Haan, the programme manager of Open Science.

Join this session to:

- Be part of the discussion on what you can do as an author, editor and reviewer taking part in the quality and inclusivity of Gold Open Access.

- Learn from your colleagues about their experiences with Gold Open Access Publishing.

- Let us know what type of support you need for publishing (Gold) Open Access.