How long would it take to buy Elsevier instead of APCs or subscriptions? | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week
lkfitz's bookmarks 2018-08-15
Summary:
"According to the Wellcome Trust’s 2016/17 analysis of its open access spend, the average APC for Elsevier articles was £3,049 (average across pure-OA journals and hybrid articles).
On that basis, it would take 4,395,000 APCs to buy Elsevier. How long would that take to do? To work that out, we first need to know how many APC-funded articles they publish each year."