Despite their benefits, open access platforms face several challenges: - Funding: Sustaining open access models often requires significant financial support. - Quality Control: Ensuring the rigorous peer review process can be more challenging in open access models. - Intellectual Property: Balancing open access with the protection of intellectual property rights can be complex. - Predatory Journals: The rise of low-quality journals exploiting the open access model for profit poses a risk to scientific integrity.
