How is scholarly communication impacted by the shift to open access and are we equitably meeting the needs of the global community?

Since the arrival of Plan S and the Open Access Movement, the academic community has had to adapt to changing methods of information dissemination in scholarly research. This transition to Open Access publishing models requires scholarly research funded by public or private grants to be published in Open Access journals or platforms. Research therefore becomes freely available for all with the barrier of paywalls being removed. However, researchers must now pay to publish their research and Publishers are free to increase article processing charges as they see fit. With access to funding being limited for scholars in some regions of the world, inequality in ability to access research has instead shifted towards inequality in ability to publish research. Publishers seek to address this inequity through comprehensive article processing charge waiver and discount policies for Open Access journals. In our poster presentation, we would like to discuss what is being done to address issues around inequity associated with Open Access publishing models across different fields of study.