Academic copyright in the publishing game: a contest perspective

Feess, Eberhard; Scheufen, Marc

doi:10.1007/s10657-016-9528-1

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“…37 On the effects of OA versus CA in the publishing game, see Fees and Scheufen (2016). 38 This particular problem likely applies to academic books more than to journals.…”

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Economic perspectives on the future of academic publishing: Introduction to the special issue

Eger

Scheufen

2021

Manage Decis Econ

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Journal des Sçavans, was founded by Denis de Sallo, appeared already in January 1665 in Paris, reappeared after the French Revolution as the Journal des Savants, and still exists as a leading journal in the humanities. Only a few weeks later, Henry Oldenbourg, the first secretary of the Royal Society of London, established a second scholarly journal, the Philosophical Transactions, with a focus on science. The purpose of these journals was to formalize the extensive correspondence between philosophers and scientists. 1 In the 18th and the 19th century, more specialized journals gained in importance, most of which were published by learned societies. At the end of the 19th century, university presses too began to publish scholarly journals. Another traditional means of academic publishing are the various types of scholarly books, in particular monographs, edited volumes, reference works (specialist dictionaries, encyclopedias, and specialty reference manuals), and technical handbooks. 2 A narrow definition of academic works would exclude textbooks and books for the broader public. Shavell (2010, 337-39) employs four criteria to determine whether a journal or book is academic in nature: (1) the authors and/or the publisher are usually academics; (2) the readers are mainly academics; (3) the content is academic in character; (4) only low royalties are paid, if any.

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“…37 On the effects of OA versus CA in the publishing game, see Fees and Scheufen (2016). 38 This particular problem likely applies to academic books more than to journals.…”

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Economic perspectives on the future of academic publishing: Introduction to the special issue

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Scheufen

2021

Manage Decis Econ

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“…OA is not only a matter of social justice [63,64] but also tends to maximize social welfare [65,66], in accordance with the view that scientific information is an economic public good [67] and brings about positive externalities [68]. Nonetheless, the literature has already expressed the concern that moving from the reader-pays model to a landscape where authors (or sponsors) bear the costs could impair the quality level of journals, while subscription fees act as an incentive to preserve a high level of content quality.…”

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Business as Usual with Article Processing Charges in the Transition towards OA Publishing: A Case Study Based on Elsevier

Copiello

2020

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This paper addresses the topic of the article processing charges (APCs) that are paid when publishing articles using the open access (OA) option. Building on the Elsevier OA price list, company balance sheet figures, and ScienceDirect data, tentative answers to three questions are outlined using a Monte Carlo approach to deal with the uncertainty inherent in the inputs. The first question refers to the level of APCs from the market perspective, under the hypothesis that all the articles published in Elsevier journals exploit the OA model so that the subscription to ScienceDirect becomes worthless. The second question is how much Elsevier should charge for publishing all the articles under the OA model, assuming the profit margin reduces and adheres to the market benchmark. The third issue is how many articles would have to be accepted, in an OA-only publishing landscape, so that the publisher benefits from the same revenue and profit margin as in the recent past. The results point to high APCs, nearly twice the current level, being required to preserve the publisher's profit margin. Otherwise, by relaxing that constraint, a downward shift of APCs can be expected so they would tend to get close to current values. Accordingly, the article acceptance rate could be likely to grow from 26-27% to about 35-55%.

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“…To illustrate we present two examples, taken from either side of the positivist/constructivist divide. Figure 6.1 shows a section of the article "Academic copyright in the publishing game: A contest perspective" by Feess & Scheufen (2016) . Published in a law and economics journal, the paper applies Public Choice Theory, and particularly the Tullock-contest model, to the scholarly publishing "game", and models the behaviour of authors competing for limited journal space.…”

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“…Such fields favor those who adhere to traditional publication routes and, especially, those who control the major mainstream publications. Open access editors experience these fields of power in Figure 6.1 Example section of Feess & Scheufen (2016). The paper applies the Tullockcontest model to analyse the scholarly publishing "game".…”

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Open Access in Theory and Practice

Pinfield¹,

Wakeling²,

Bawden³

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Open Access in Theory and Practice investigates the theory-practice relationship in the domain of open access publication and dissemination of research outputs. Drawing on detailed analysis of the literature and current practice in OA, as well as data collected in detailed interviews with practitioners, policymakers, and researchers, the book discusses what constitutes "theory", and how the role of theory is perceived by both theorists and practitioners. Exploring the ways theory and practice have interacted in the development of OA, the authors discuss what this reveals about the nature of the OA phenomenon itself and the theory-practice relationship. Open Access in Theory and Practice contributes to a better understanding of OA and, as such, should be of great interest to academics, researchers, and students working in the fields of information science, publishing studies, science communication, higher education policy, business, and economics. The book also makes an important contribution to the debate of the relationship between theory and practice in information science, and more widely across different fields of the social sciences and humanities.

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Academic copyright in the publishing game: a contest perspective

Cited by 15 publications

References 31 publications

Economic perspectives on the future of academic publishing: Introduction to the special issue

Economic perspectives on the future of academic publishing: Introduction to the special issue

Business as Usual with Article Processing Charges in the Transition towards OA Publishing: A Case Study Based on Elsevier

Open Access in Theory and Practice

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