Research Publishing Is an Under-Recognised Global Challenge: Opportunities for the G20 to Act

Global systems for disseminating new research continue to restrict access to significant amounts of new research and many cannot afford to pay often high publishing charges. Decades of initiatives to improve access to research have yielded only modest successes.

In 2023, the research landscape is shifting. Emerging economies are producing ever more of the world’s research, and some are pioneering alternative models for research publishing.

Without significant reform, research publishing—and wider research systems—risk fracturing into regional silos, thereby entrenching inequities and undermining our collective ability to face global challenges.

Ahead of the 2023 G20 Summit in India, a new paper published by the Center for Global Development and INASP argues that the G20 is well placed to provide the leadership needed to ensure that research is a global public good.

Read more in our blog The Urgent Need to Reform Research Publishing: A Call to the G20 and our accompanying policy paper Research Publishing Is an Under-Recognised Global Challenge: Opportunities for the G20 to Act.

Jonathan Harle
Jon Harle is Executive Director of INASP.

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