News & Views: How much will cuts to NIH funding affect scholarly publishing activity?

"As the extent of proposed cuts to the US Government’s funding of US Federal research becomes apparent, we ask how this might affect scholarly publishers. US bodies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) produce significant volumes of research. A fall in their funding could lead to significant drops in research and may have negative implications for scholarly publishers around the world....

If funding cuts to the NIH are implemented as planned, even allowing for efficiencies, then a 15% - 20% drop in submissions from the US is not beyond the bounds of possibility."