The Facts About Open Access (October 2005)
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"A study of the financial and non-financial effects of alternative business models for scholarly journals. Discussion of Open Access tends to be strong on rhetoric but short on facts. The objective of this independent study was to determine the impact of open access on scholarly journals' financial and non-financial factors and to establish a substantial body of data about different forms of Open Access publishing, and a baseline of comparison with traditional subscription publishing...."