nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20211221-235931-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 211221s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20211221-235931-0 doi eng 342 23 Dalkilic, Evin Author aut Open / Closed - Gatekeepers and Hidden Barriers in Open Access and Academic Publishing Dalkilic, Evin Verfassungsblog 2021-12-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Academic Publishing Gatekeeper Open Access Fischer, Georg Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/open-closed/ raw object