This special episode of the Associations Thrive podcast was recorded during the 2024 ASAE Annual Conference in Cleveland. Joanna had just finished moderating a session on open access for journals with Lyn Beamesderfer from ISPOR, Pam Harley of Clarke & Esposito, Dave Jackson of ASPET, and Sharon Kneebone of AAPM, and. After the session, Joanna had a chance to catch up with Sharon in the podcasting booth in the expo hall to continue the discussion about open access.

To learn more about how open access will affect the association world, catch the discussion live in Joanna’s upcoming webinar hosted by UST, on “How Open Access Will Affect Your Journal Strategy and Revenue.”

Sharon and Joanna discuss:

• What open access is and how it affect associations that have journals.
• How journals with research funded by the federal government are highly impacted by open access. 
• How AAPM is going hybrid with its open access: within each issue, some articles are open access, while others continue to be restricted.
• How journals need to focus on assessing their open access exposure.
• How associations needs to focus on author recruitment.

References:

• AAPM Website
• UST Open Access Webinar