• Myth 2: All OA journals require publication fees that authors must pay themselves. In fact, 67 percent of OA journals charge no publication fees, and most that do charge fees waive them for authors of limited means. Finally, some funding agencies and institutions pay these fees to assure the widest possible readership.
Prices for traditional journals have increased to the point where even large libraries have had to cancel hundreds of subscriptions.
The paper spurred an intense, open, Internet-based effort to understand it and pursue its ideas, attracting such luminaries as Fields Medalists Terry Tao and Timothy Gowers. The examination uncovered deep flaws that are probably irremediable - but has also helped spur on a new model of research.