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It's been suggested we shouldn't use the terms 'Platinum Open Access' and ['Gold Open Access'](https://github.com/FreeOurKnowledge/documentation/issues/6), because it's not immediately clear what these terms mean and because the term 'Gold' has...

I look forward to the day we can sling acronyms at one another :) unfortunately most people don't understand those attributes well enough to explain them, let alone adopt acronyms,...

> How will you activate pledge per field then? I was thinking we could use the Dimensions app, which classifies publications into a specific [Field of Research code](https://app.dimensions.ai/browse/publication/for?redirect_path=/discover/publication). Their taxonomy...

> Hi @CooperSmout, I found this through the OLS-2 group, and wanted to read more about your project. Thanks for joining the discussion @evaherbst! :) > Is there an index...

> While discussing in an interview, the Aperture project was mentioned @RP87 thankyou! To be honest I didn't understand what Aperture was when it was brought up in that interview,...

The closest I found to such a list is [Sherpa Romeo](https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/), which displays whether the journal charges an APC, but I can't find an easy way to filter down to...

> I put a 20% threshold Thanks for the pledge! > Sad truth is there seems to be nothing 'highly valued' in Economics that is in this category. Same in...

> But it could be nice to complete the pledges with "tasks". Ex: I pledge to X. I've to do A, B, C and can do D, E etc. Yes...

@daaronr totally agree with those points! Especially about building "clear rating systems for these projects rather than the clutter of multiple journals". I should have mentioned here but I've since...

> DOAJ lists all open access journals, but then doesn't have an easy reference list for which of these are fee-free Apparently I was wrong about this, there is a...