JOINCAS reportedly restricts funding for high-APC open access journals
On 3 April, China’s state-owned Central Television reported on CAS’s new policy ceasing funding for approximately 30 fully open access journals with article publishing charges (APCs) above US$5,000. Limitations would apply to use of academic and national funding and would not preclude authors from self-funding to publish in these journals. It is important to note that no official announcements have been made. The motivations appear to be connected to supporting domestic Chinese publishing and cost control. It is also likely that APC caps proposed in the US may have factored into this rumoured policy. This not being an official policy yet makes it difficult to engage around it. STM is reaching out to CAS to organise a delegation meeting on the margin of BBF, which Caroline will be attending.