3rd ESAC Workshop 2018: On the Effectiveness of APCs | Munich | Efficiencies and Standards for Article Charges (ESAC)

"The first Efficiencies and Standards for Article Charges (ESAC) workshop in 2016 produced a “Joint understanding of offsetting” drafted by workshop participants which prescribed that offsetting pilots should lead to pay-as-you-publish models. The aim was to achieve a scenario in which institutions would pay for their actual article output instead of purchasing fixed article packages, which, along with persisting access-based fees, characterize most of the current agreements. It was posited that as offsetting deals unbundled article charges, APC price levels would subsequently be differentiated to reflect production costs, impact and services offered by a given journal...."

On the Effectiveness of APCs, 3rd ESAC Workshop in Munich | 28-29 June 2018 

http://esac-initiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/esac_apc_workshopIII_outcome_report_final.pdf