Your observation about the preponderance of open access journals outside the United States compared to domestically is one that I made as well. For example, the journal I looked into publishes in France, Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, and so on and so on with no mention of the US (unless if I’m remembering incorrectly). I wonder if this has to do with funding; public universities outside of the US do not generally need to get involved with business interests the way US ones do. Perhaps this is the same for international open access journals; the one I found from France had support from at least 3 government agencies. There seems to be a correlation between countries in which public universities are actually public and the number of open access journals.

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