Where Did the Open Access Movement Go Wrong?: An Interview with Richard Poynder – LLRX

Where Did the Open Access Movement Go Wrong?: An Interview with Richard Poynder – LLRX

Richard Poynder has long been one of the most respected and insightful commentators on the scholarly communication ecosystem, and in particular on the development and progress of the open access (OA) movement – to which he has always been a friend, but one admirably willing to speak truth even when the truth was uncomfortable or inconvenient. Recently he announced that he has decided the OA movement has failed, and that he is turning his attention to other topics and issues. I invited him to sit for an email interview to discuss his thinking and conclusions.