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1、Freemiumasasustainableeconomicmodelforopenaccesselectronicpublishingin1humanitiesandsocialsciencesPierreMounierCentreforOpenElectronicPublishing,EHESS,190-198avenuedeFrance,75244Pariscedex13,FranceE-mail:pierre.mounier@gmail.comAbstract.Betweenthetwopathsofopenaccessgreenandgoldthelateristhehar
2、dertodevelopandhasthelesssupportfromtheresearchcommunity.Themaindifficultyisaboutfindingasoundeconomicmodel.OpenAccessjournalsusuallydependontwofundingsources:subsidiesand/ordonationsfrominstitutionsandpublicationfeesfromresearchunitsintheauthors-paymodel.Thesetwowaysoffundingopenaccessjournalsan
3、dbooksprovedeffectiveinsomecases(Plos),butarenotflawless.TheCenterforOpenElectronicPublishing,aFrenchinitiativeforopenaccesspublishinginhumanitiesandsocialsciences,hasrecentlydevelopedaneweconomicmodelbasedonfreemiumforitsfullopenaccessjournalsandbooksseries,inordertoaddresstwoissues:improvethei
4、reconomicalsoundnessandgivethemmorevisibilityinlibraries.Freemium,thecontractionoffreeandpremium,preservesopenaccesstoinformationtogetherwiththemarketingofpremiumservices.Keywords:Openaccess,humanities,socialsciences,freemium,economicmodels1.IntroductionThemovementforopenaccesshasscoredanumbero
5、fvictoriessinceitsearlydays.Thefirstwastoestablishitselfasaprovenandlegitimatemodeofcommunicatingacademicfindings.Thissuccessisallthemoreremarkableasithasbeenachievedviatwochannels:thegreenroad,relatingtoopenarchives;andthegoldroad,relatingtoopenaccessacademicpublications.Inthedomainofopenarchive
6、s,ArXivisthemoststrikingsuccessstorywith745,000articlesdepositedbytheirauthorsthemselves.Inthedo-mainofopenaccesspublications,itisthePlosplatformwithits7journalswhichisthemostoftencited,andquiterightlyso.ThefactthatagrowingnumberofcommercialpublisherslikeElsevierorSpringerofferarangeofopenacces
7、spublications,havingresistedthemovementforyears,isafurtherproofofsuccess.ItwouldbefittingforthepartisansofopenaccesstoadoptGhandisfavouritephrase:Firsttheyignoreyou,thentheylaughatyou,thentheyfightyou,thenyouwin.Thesuccessstoriessho