Hi Tom. The new (Oct 2009) SPARC study by Raym Crow understands that there are no-fee business models for OA journals.<div><a href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/publisher/incomemodels/">http://www.arl.org/sparc/publisher/incomemodels/</a><br>
<br></div><div> Best,</div><div> Peter</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Prof. Tom Wilson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:t.d.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk">t.d.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">Thanks for circulating this, Peter.<br>
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Unless I have misread the briefing paper we seem to have yet another report that<br>
omits the subsidised model of OA publishing. Odd - I wonder when someone will<br>
do a full investigation not of two models, but of three?<br>
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Tom Wilson<br>
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Quoting Peter Suber <<a href="mailto:peter.suber@gmail.com">peter.suber@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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> *Comparison of various studies on Journal Business models*<br>
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> Over the past few years many studies have been published on the costs and<br>
> economic benefits of journal business models. Knowledge Exchange has now<br>
> released a brochure in which the differences in outcomes from these various<br>
> studies are explained. This briefing paper also looks at the outcomes of the<br>
> broadly cited RIN study and various national studies performed by John<br>
> Houghton.<br>
><br>
> An important difference between the studies is that early studies considered<br>
> only the costs incurred in publishing traditional journals made available<br>
> for purchase on a subscription or licensing business model. As the open<br>
> access business model became available, some studies also covered the cost<br>
> of making research articles available in open access journals. More recent<br>
> studies have taken a broader perspective, looking at the position of journal<br>
> publishers in the market and their business models in the context of the<br>
> economic benefits from research dissemination.<br>
><br>
> Dr Wim Liebrand, director of SURF says, “The present debate on Open Access<br>
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