2010 – 2019 APC update | Sustaining the Knowledge Commons / Soutenir les savoirs communs

heather.morrison's.bookmarks 2019-11-27

Summary:

This is an update of the 2010 study of Solomon & Björk (2012) of a sample of 1,046 journals charging APCs listed in DOAJ at that time. 74% of these journals are still active and actively charging publication fees. The average APC reported by Solomon & Björk was 906 USD; the average in 2019 for the 739 journals for which we have APC data for both years is 1,363 USD. This represents a 50% price increase during this time frame, an increase that is 3 times the inflation rate. Not all journals increased in price; some decreased or remained the same price. Nearly a quarter of the journals (23%) are ceased or not found. Most of this attrition rate can be attributed to new OA APC-based commercial publishers with a start-up strategy involving roll-out of a broad range of journals, with unsuccessful journals being retired.

Link:

https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2019/11/26/2010-2019-apc-update/

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » heather's..bookmarks

Tags:

oa.new oa.economics_of oa.business_models oa.gold oa.fees oa.journals

Date tagged:

11/27/2019, 08:45

Date published:

11/27/2019, 03:45