This study analyses the extent of gold open access (OA) publishing options in 377 anthropology journals by applying a six-level coding scheme (0 = non-transparent = fully OA, i.e., free to read and publish without embargo). This analysis is meant to simplify the process of identifying OA journal publishing options in the discipline of anthropology, in addition to sharing findings on some of the prominent issues in OA publishing as they relate to anthropology journals, including non-transparency among publishers and the prevalence and price of article processing charges (APCs). We conclude that publishers should be more transparent about their OA publishing options and policies by providing conspicuous and straightforward information to potential authors. Further, we find that in the anthropology scholarly communication ecosystem, APCs for hybrid journals are more expensive than those for fully gold OA journals, thus contradicting the assumption that gold OA is more costly to researchers.

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评估人类学期刊的开放性

本研究通过应用六级编码方案（0 = 不透明 = 完全 OA，即可以免费阅读和出版，不受限制）分析了 377 种人类学期刊中黄金开放获取 (OA) 出版选项的范围。该分析旨在简化确定人类学学科中开放获取期刊出版选项的过程，此外还分享关于开放获取出版中与人类学期刊相关的一些突出问题的发现，包括出版商之间的不透明度和普遍性和文章处理费用 (APC) 的价格。我们得出的结论是，出版商应该通过向潜在作者提供显眼和直接的信息，使其 OA 出版选项和政策更加透明。此外，我们发现在人类学学术交流生态系统中，