Guide to Business Planning for Converting a Subscription-based Journal to Open Access

"This Guide has been published by the Open Society Institute (OSI) to encourage and assist the publisher of an existing subscription-based journal, in any field of science and scholarship, convert the journal to an online Open Access model that provides for free availability of research papers. It provides a good starting point for those contemplating the transformation of an established journal to Open Access. Additionally, publishers of existing Open Access journals that may be operating without a formal business plan can use this Guide to identify business models to ensure their journal’s long-term economic sustainability."