Transformation: the future of society publishing
Authors : Tasha Mellins-Cohen, Gaynor Redvers-Mutton The release in September 2018 of Plan S has led many small and society publishers to examine their business...
Étiquette : business models
Article processing charges: Mirroring the citation impact or legacy of the subscription-based model?
Author : Nina Schönfelder With the ongoing open-access transformation, article processing charges (APCs) are gaining importance as one of the main business mode...
Business as Usual with Article Processing Charges in the Transition towards OA Publishing: A Case Study Based on Elsevier
Author : Sergio Copiello This paper addresses the topic of the article processing charges (APCs) that are paid when publishing articles using the open access (O...
The Pricing of Open Access Journals: Diverse Niches and Sources of Value in Academic Publishing
Authors : Kyle Siler, Koen Frenken Open Access (OA) publishing has created new academic and economic niches in contemporary science. OA journals offer numerous ...
Adoption of the open access business model in scientific journal publishing – A cross-disciplinary study
Authors : Bo-Christer Björk, Timo Korkeamäki Scientific journal publishers have over the past twenty-five years rapidly converted to predominantly electronic di...
The Transcript OPEN Library Political Science Model: A Sustainable Way into Open Access for E-Books in the Humanities and Social Science
Authors : Alexandra Jobmann, Nina Schönfelder The strategic goal of the project “National Contact Point Open Access OA2020-DE” is to create the conditions for a...
Bibliodiversity in Practice: Developing Community-Owned, Open Infrastructures to Unleash Open Access Publishing
Authors : Lucy Barnes, Rupert Gatti Academic publishing is changing. The drive towards open access publishing, which is being powered in the UK by funding bodie...