The SOAP (Study of Open Access Publishing) project is set to present the results of its two-year European Commission funded examination of open access publishing at an open symposium on January 13, 2011, in Berlin, Germany.
Over the two-year study duration, the SOAP project performed a comprehensive study of open access journals, publishers and business models, including analysis of publishing houses, learned societies and licensing along with the overall supply and demand for open access. The study garnered over 50,000 responses including over 38,000 from published academic researchers worldwide. Early results have indicated that open access is not just now an accepted model for academic publishing, but that it is also growing rapidly in both popularity and uptake.
At the open symposium, to be held at Harnack House in Berlin, publishers, funding agencies and policy makers will gather to hear the final results of the study along with in-depth analysis of the changing publishing landscape and to discuss what actions need to be taken to ensure that the supply of open access outlets meets the ever growing demand.
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