Perceptions of open access publishing are changing for the better, a survey by Nature Publishing Group and Palgrave Macmillan finds

"A survey of 22,000 academic researchers by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Palgrave Macmillan has found that a decreasing number of authors are concerned about perceptions of the quality of open access publications. In 2014, 40% of scientists who had not published open access in the last three years said "I am concerned about perceptions of the quality of OA publications." But this year, only 27% said they were concerned. In the humanities, business and social sciences (HSS), the drop was ..