Pinfield, S. (2013) Is scholarly publishing going from crisis to crisis? Learned Publishing , 26 (2). pp. 85-88. ISSN 0953-1513
Abstract
In an open access world, will journal subscription inflation simply be replaced by APC inflation? The UK’s Finch Report (2012) and subsequent changes to the Research Councils UK’s policy on open access (OA) are likely to have far-reaching effects in the UK and beyond. Finch and RCUK favour ‘gold’ OA, replacing post-publication journal subscriptions with pre-publication article processing charges (APCs). This paper argues that it is probable that the operation of the market for academic journals will be improved by gold OA compared with the traditional subscription model because of APC price competition and greater market transparency. Also, barriers to entry into the market are lowered, and costs and income in the system are more likely to stay in sync. Nevertheless, universities need to monitor developments and exercise their market power in bargaining on subscription and APC levels. Institutions also need to direct funding streams to allow authors to pay APCs. At the same time, institutions and policymakers should continue to leverage the benefits of ‘green’ OA (depositing in OA repositories). Evidence suggests gold and green OA can work together to form a successful scholarly communication environment.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 ALPSP. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Learned Publishing. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
Keywords: | Open access, scholarly communication, research communication, Gold open access, Green open access, article processing charges (APCs), institutional repositories, Finch Report (2012), Research Councils UK, academic journal publishing market, serials crisis |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Dr Stephen Pinfield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Mar 2013 10:52 |
Last Modified: | 26 Mar 2013 10:52 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/20130204 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:75285 |