Determining Whether Commercial Publishers Overcharge Libraries for Scholarly Journals in the Fields of Science, Technology, and Medicine, with a Semilogarithmic Econometric Model

Liu, Lewis G.; Gee, Harold

doi:10.1086/690736

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“…The books published in chemistry and chemical engineering were the most expensive among all the STM subject areas (average price =$282.62), whereas books published in mathematics were the least expensive (average price=$126.96). These findings are consistent with those in STM journals (Liu and Gee 2017). Of the total number of pharmacy and pharmaceutical science books, 44.7% were published in the US.…”

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“…Because of its semilogarithmic nature, this model can be used to estimate various dichotomous variables affecting book prices since it is a good fit for analyzing dichotomous relationships. This model has been proven to be effective in estimating factors affecting scholarly journal prices in business subject areas (Liu 2011) and STM areas (Liu and Gee 2017). A previous study using a regular linear regression model for estimating journal prices failed to generate statistical significance (Ortelbach, Schulz, and Hagenhoff 2008).…”

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Exploring the Determinants of Scholarly Book Prices in the Fields of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Liu¹,

Gee²,

Terng³

2018

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This empirical study examines long-term and current book market trends and important factors affecting scholarly book prices in science, technology, and medicine (STM). It analyzes the market demand, supply, and prices of STM books and how they affect academic libraries' budgets. A semilogarithmic econometric model is formulated to explore the factors that affect STM book prices. Various product features, including book length, cover type, format, supplier types, and publication locations, are examined. The empirical results are mostly statistically significant, particularly for some key factors. The overall findings of this study have policy implications for academic libraries' books collections and acquisitions.

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Section: Factors That Directly Affect Stm Book Pricesmentioning

confidence: 95%

Exploring the Determinants of Scholarly Book Prices in the Fields of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Liu¹,

Gee²,

Terng³

2018

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“…It is evident commercial publishers are reaping large benefits from the current situation. Liu and Gee (2017) argue their recent analysis confirms commercial publishers overcharge libraries by a large margin in all subject areas. Other examinations of book publishers have shown that commercial publishers are price markers in the scholarly book market; thus, they can and do charge more per book title than university presses (Greco and Simson 2018;Greco and Spendley 2016;Greco, Wharton, and Sen 2012).…”

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Book Citations in PhD Science Dissertations: An Examination of Commercial Book Publishers' Influence

Phillips¹

2018

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This case study examines the book citations of PhD dissertations from the City University of New York (CUNY). The study spans a ten-year period from 2008-2017 and includes 9,307 book citations sourced from 916 dissertations. Book citations were chosen from seven science subjects. Publishers were identified in order to examine trends and quantify the role of commercial publishers in book selections used to support dissertation research.

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“…(Bergstrom and Bergstrom 2004:897). In a more recent study, Liu and Gee (2017) found that commercial publishers charged, on average, over 102% more than non-commercial publishers, although again, there were disciplinary differences. Beyond profit margins, Morris (2007) observes that non-profits publish fewer new titles and close fewer titles than their commercial counterparts.…”

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The influence of journal publisher characteristics on open access policy trends

2018

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Examines SHERPA/RoMEO publisher open access (OA) policy information for 100 publishers over a 13 year period (2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016) to consider whether their size, type or country (UK or US) affected the development of their OA policy over time. A publisher's RoMEO colour code, whether they offered a Gold OA option, and the mean number of restrictions as to when, how and where papers may be self-archived, were all mapped. Kruskal-Wallis tests were run to assess whether the differences between their 2004 and 2016 positions were statistically significant. Finds that the growth of Green and Gold OA policy approaches has not been evenly distributed amongst publishers with some significant differences amongst publishers of different size, types and country (UK and US). Large commercial publishers are more likely to be allocated a RoMEO colour code, but at the same time place a high volume of restrictions as to where and how authors might selfarchive. Small publishers are less likely to have a RoMEO green colour code, but the volume of restrictions they place on self-archiving are minimal. University presses appear not to be engaging with either OA agenda to any considerable degree. UK and US publishers' OA policies appear to be influenced by the national OA policy environment which, considering the global nature of the scholarly journals market, was more pronounced than might have been anticipated.

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Determining Whether Commercial Publishers Overcharge Libraries for Scholarly Journals in the Fields of Science, Technology, and Medicine, with a Semilogarithmic Econometric Model

Cited by 14 publications

References 21 publications

Exploring the Determinants of Scholarly Book Prices in the Fields of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Exploring the Determinants of Scholarly Book Prices in the Fields of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Book Citations in PhD Science Dissertations: An Examination of Commercial Book Publishers' Influence

The influence of journal publisher characteristics on open access policy trends

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