It Is Time to Bring Scholarly Publishing Back to the Academic Community

Abstract

We envision Reviews of Economic Literature as part of a movement to restore scholarly publishing to the priorities and values of the academic community. We examine the origins and development of open access (OA) publishing, highlighting how its implementation by for-profit publishers has led to unintended consequences that do not serve researchers, academic institutions, policy makers, and society generally. As a solution, we advocate for diamond OA journals, which are free for readers and authors, ensuring immediate, paywall-free access to content while allowing authors to publish without fees.