Considering Non-Open Access Publication Charges in the “Total Cost of Publication”

Gray, Andrew D.

doi:10.3390/publications3040248

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“…However, such observations are very impressionistic and need further testing. In contrast, it is clear that other costs of publication, e.g., color and page charges, might also arguably be included in the total cost of publication: these tend to be distributed around institutions and are therefore often difficult to identify (Gray, ).…”

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A “Gold‐centric” implementation of open access: Hybrid journals, the “Total cost of publication,” and policy development in the UK and beyond

Pinfield

Salter

Bath

2017

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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This paper reports analysis of data from higher education institutions in the UK on their experience of the open‐access (OA) publishing market working within a policy environment favoring “Gold” OA (OA publishing in journals). It models the “total cost of publication”—comprising costs of journal subscriptions, OA article‐processing charges (APCs), and new administrative costs—for a sample of 24 institutions. APCs are shown to constitute 12% of the “total cost of publication,” APC administration, 1%, and subscriptions, 87% (for a sample of seven publishers). APC expenditure in institutions rose between 2012 and 2014 at the same time as rising subscription costs. There was disproportionately high take up of Gold options for Health and Life Sciences articles. APC prices paid varied widely, with a mean APC of £1,586 in 2014. “Hybrid” options (subscription journals also offering OA for individual articles on payment of an APC) were considerably more expensive than fully OA titles, but the data indicate a correlation between APC price and journal quality (as reflected in the citation rates of journals). The policy implications of these developments are explored, particularly in relation to hybrid OA and potential of offsetting subscription and APC costs.

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A “Gold‐centric” implementation of open access: Hybrid journals, the “Total cost of publication,” and policy development in the UK and beyond

Pinfield

Salter

Bath

2017

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“…To investigate the cost of scholarly publishing on an even finer scale -and to include all direct publication costs, as argued by e.g. [6], I used astronomy and astrophysics in Denmark as a case. It can be argued that astronomy in several ways is both a traditional field of natural science with roots back to the origin of the scientific method and beyond, but also a first-mover e.g.…”

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“…A study, that is in a way a supplementary to that of [2] was presented by Gray [6] to show that the APCs paid to publish Open Access content, and the indirect costs of handling Open Access mandates e-mail: bfd@bib.sdu.dk ORCID: 0000-0003-2594-6778 costs may be unexpectedly high for individual institutions: the study added an estimate for the other publication charges currently paid by research institutions, a significant element which has been neglected by recent studies. When page and color charges are included, the total cost to institutions as of 2013-2014 is around 18.5 percent over and above the cost of journal subscriptions-11 percent from APCs, 5.5 percent from indirect costs, and 2 percent from other publication charges.…”

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“…When page and color charges are included, the total cost to institutions as of 2013-2014 is around 18.5 percent over and above the cost of journal subscriptions-11 percent from APCs, 5.5 percent from indirect costs, and 2 percent from other publication charges. For the Great Britain as a whole, this represents a total cost of publication around 213 million GBP against a conservatively estimated journal spend of 180 million GBP, with non-Open Access APCs representing around 3.6 million GBP [6].…”

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The Cost of Astronomy Publishing fees in astronomy: Is something rotten in the case of Denmark?

Dorch¹

2018

EPJ Web Conf.

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Using Scopus and national sources, I have investigated the evolution of the cost of publishing in Danish astronomy on a fine scale over a number of years. I find that the number of publications per year from Danish astronomers increased by a factor of four during 15 years: naturally, the corresponding potential cost of publishing must have increased similarly. The actual realized cost of publishing in core journals are investigated for a high profile Danish astronomy research institutions. I argue that the situation is highly unstable if the current cost scenario continues, and I speculate that Danish astronomy is risking a scholarly communication collapse due to the combination of increasing subscription cost, increased research output, and increased direct publishing costs related to Open Access and other page charges.

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“…Pinfield, Salter and Bath (2015) researched the cost of APCs, subscriptions and administration costs, to attempt to calculate the "total cost of publication" for UK higher education institutions. Building on the notion, Gray (2015) investigated the cost of additional other publication charges, such as page fees, color fees and submission charges, for their inclusion in the total cost of publication. Jahn and Tullney (2016) studied the national level of OA publishing fees paid by German universities and research organizations, with comparison to Austria and the UK, noting the high proportion of German publications in fully open access journals as opposed to hybrid journals (consistent with Germany's largest research funder's policy) and the higher APCs for hybrid journals.…”

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Measuring Cost per Use of Library-Funded Open Access Article Processing Charges: Examination and Implications of One Method

Hampson

Stregger

2017

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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INTRODUCTION Libraries frequently support their open access (OA) fund using money from their collections budget. Interest in assessment of OA funds is arising. Cost per use is a common method to assess library collections expenditures. OA article processing charges (APCs) are a one-time cost for global, perpetual use. Article level metrics provide data on global, cumulative article level usage. This article examines a method and discusses the limitations and implications of using article level metrics to calculate cost per use for OA APCs. METHODS Using different APC models from two publishers, PLOS and BioMed Central, this article presents a cost per use formula for each model. RESULTS The formula for each model is demonstrated with available data. The examples suggest a very low cost per use for OA APCs after only three years. DISCUSSION Several limitations exist to obtaining article level data currently, including the nature of open access and accessibility of the data. OA articles’ usage levels are high and include use from altruistic access. Cost per use comparison with traditional publishing models is possible; however, comparison between different OA expenditures with very low costs per use may not be helpful. CONCLUSION Article level metrics can provide a means to measure cost per use of OA APCs. Libraries need increased access to article level usage data. They will also need to develop new benchmarks and expectations to evaluate APC payments, given higher usage levels for OA articles and considering altruistic access.

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Considering Non-Open Access Publication Charges in the “Total Cost of Publication”

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

A “Gold‐centric” implementation of open access: Hybrid journals, the “Total cost of publication,” and policy development in the UK and beyond

A “Gold‐centric” implementation of open access: Hybrid journals, the “Total cost of publication,” and policy development in the UK and beyond

The Cost of Astronomy Publishing fees in astronomy: Is something rotten in the case of Denmark?

Measuring Cost per Use of Library-Funded Open Access Article Processing Charges: Examination and Implications of One Method

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