2 Open access journals- who pays? What is paid for? Research and writing: this is usually made available to the Refereeing and peer review: the same applies Editing is paid for by the publisher Printing and distribution is paid for by the publisher, e.g. the case Of alia Pricing is mainly legacy pricing at this stage What are the real costs of online publishing?
16 2 Open access journals – who pays? What is paid for? ▪ Research and writing: this is usually made available to the publisher without charge. The author usually organises permissions too. ▪ Refereeing and peer review: the same applies. ▪ Editing is paid for by the publisher. ▪ Printing and distribution is paid for by the publisher, e.g. the case of ALIA ▪ Pricing is mainly legacy pricing at this stage ▪ What are the real costs of online publishing?
2 Open access -economics Professor John Houghton(Victoria University ) Professor Charles Oppenheim(Loughborough) and others Economic implications of alternative scholarly publishing models exploring the costs and benefits: a report to the Joint Information Systems Committee(JISC), January 2009 >http:/www.isc.ac.uk/publications/publications/economicpublishingmode Isfinalreport aspx Scholarly publishing cost UK higher education UK 5 billion per year Open publishing models would save a great deal Publishers reject the conclusions
17 2 Open access – economics > Professor John Houghton (Victoria University), Professor Charles Oppenheim (Loughborough) and others > Economic implications of alternative scholarly publishing models: exploring the costs and benefits: a report to the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), January 2009 > http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/economicpublishingmode lsfinalreport.aspx > Scholarly publishing cost UK higher education UK 5 billion per year > Open publishing models would save a great deal > Publishers reject the conclusions
2 Open access journals There are several kinds Green: conventional publishing in journals, then self- archiving in repositories. Who pays? Gold: the journal is open access Who pays There are different models Hybrid open access: the publisher agrees to make certain single articles OA on payment of an article processing charge the right to oA publico p oa where an institution bulk buys Institutional membership ation Acknowledgements Richard Poynder, Stevan Harnad
18 2 Open access journals There are several kinds ▪ Green: conventional publishing in journals, then selfarchiving in repositories. Who pays? ▪ Gold: the journal is open access. Who pays? There are different models. ▪ Hybrid open access: the publisher agrees to make certain single articles OA on payment of an article processing charge ▪ Institutional membership OA where an institution bulk buys the right to OA publication. ▪ Acknowledgements: Richard Poynder, Stevan Harnad
2 Open access journals Rapid growth Directory of Open Access Journals( DOAJ)Lund University Librarieshttp:/www.doaj.org 23, 300 peer-reviewed journals in Ulrichs Elsevier, Springer, Taylor Francis, Blackwell and Wiley(now merged) published 25% About 4000 are open access Half published in US and UK Seehttp://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2009/03 /dramatic-growth-of-open-access-march-31 html
19 2 Open access journals Rapid growth ▪ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Lund University Libraries http://www.doaj.org ▪ 23,300 peer-reviewed journals in Ulrichs ▪ Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Blackwell and Wiley (now merged) published 25% ▪ About 4000 are open access ▪ Half published in US and UK ▪ See http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2009/03 /dramatic-growth-of-open-access-march-31.html
2 Open access journals Very high stakes Concentration of the industry-Wiley and Blackwell merged most recently(2007 Major Stm publishers have over half the market, which was $9.2 billion in 2005 Reed-Elsevier; over 25% of world stminformation Thomson reuters ■ Taylor& Francis ■ Springer Wolters Kluwer(profit 918 million in 2007)
20 2 Open access journals Very high stakes ▪ Concentration of the industry – Wiley and Blackwell merged most recently (2007) ▪ Major STM publishers have over half the market, which was $9.2 billion in 2005 ▪ Reed-Elsevier: over 25% of world STM information ▪ Thomson Reuters ▪ Taylor & Francis ▪ Springer ▪ Wolters Kluwer (profit €918 million in 2007)