The Postprint Pledge – Toward a Culture of Researcher‐Driven Initiatives: A Commentary on “(Why) Are Open Research Practices the Future for the Study of Language Learning?”

Abstract

Marsden and Morgan-Short have provided an insightful, comprehensive, and up-to-date treatment of open research in applied linguistics as well as the challenges involved in advancing the uptake of these practices.We join our voices to theirs in support of open research as the future of language learning research.Building on their analysis, we have focused on one aspect in particular, namely open access (see also Al-Hoorie & Hiver, in press).Our goal was to highlight the value of researcher-driven initiatives in promoting free and equitable access to research for all.Historically, before computers and the internet were widely available, publishing houses provided an essential service to the academic community by copyediting and disseminating research.In return, publishers acquired copyright of published articles in order to sell their publications and recoup their investment rather than charging authors for copyediting and dissemination.For many decades, this was a productive win-win partnership.With the CRediT author statement -Ali H. Al-Hoorie: conceptualization (lead); investigation (equal); writing -original draft preparation (equal); writing -review & editing (equal).Phil Hiver: conceptualization (supporting); investigation (equal); writing -original draft preparation (equal); writing -review & editing (equal).

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