"Why support open access publishing? Gender, discipline, seniority and other factors associated with academics' OA practice" by Yimei Zhu. Scientometrics (2017) 111:557-579.
This OA article, based on a small UK survey, suggests differences in OA practices between universities, disciplines, ages, gender, and seniority.
"Publishers roll out alternative routes to open access" by Jeffrey Brainard. Science (2020).
News about two nonprofit publishers of prominent journals that have debuted new ways to support OA journals without shifting the burden entirely to authors.
CIVICA Research Open Science for the Social Sciences
Presentations on on the application of Open Science principles to Social Science research