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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20211221-235931-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/open-closed/ Open / Closed - Gatekeepers and Hidden Barriers in Open Access and Academic Publishing Dalkilic, Evin Fischer, Georg eng 2021-12-21 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Academic Publishing Gatekeeper Open Access Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Open Access suggests the absence of gates and gatekeepers – but this is evidently not the case. Who gets to publish what and where is still very much a decision made by certain people in certain positions following certain procedures. Although Open Access carries the promise of removing barriers and democratising access, numerous barriers beyond the obvious ones like paywalls or processing charges exist or are being installed.