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 : article-processing charges
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 ...
Determinants of Article Processing Charges for Medical Open Access Journals
Author : Sumiko Asai For-profit subscription journal publishers recently have extended their publishing range from subscription journals to numerous open access...
Article Processing Charge Hyperinflation and Price Insensitivity: An Open Access Sequel to the Serials Crisis
Author: Shaun Yon-Seng Khoo Open access publishing has frequently been proposed as a solution to the serials crisis, which involved unsustainable budgetary pres...
The Price of Gold: Curiosity?
Authors : Daniel W. Hook, Mark Hahnel, Christian Herzog Gold open access as characterised by the payment of an article processing charge (APC) has become one of...
If Research Libraries and Funders Finance Open Access: Moving Beyond Subscriptions and APCs
Authors : John Willinsky, Matthew Rusk Following the examples of SCOAP3, in which libraries fund open access, and eLife, in which funding agencies have begun to...