Observations regarding open access publishing in hybrid journals in sport sciences

摘要

Hybrid journals are journals that provide both of 2 common publication options:(a)the traditional approach,where either institutions pay for a subscription or readers purchase individual articles(free of charge for the submitting author);and(b)open access,where articles are accessible without a subscription and free of charge for the reader(the submitting author typically pays an article processing charge).Hybrid journals earn a fixed amount of money from subscriptions,and they earn additional income from the article processing charges associated with their open access option.A hybrid journal can increase its income by publishing a greater number of open access articles.