[GOAL] Commercial publisher sponsorship model for free OA for authors and readers alike

[Heather Morrison]

** apologies for cross-posting - possibly of interest **

At least two traditional scholarly publishers have found a means to offer free services to authors as well as readers, through partnerships with sponsoring institutions (usually universities) and/or societies.

About 40% of SpringerOpen titles are fully sponsored so that authors do not have to pay article processing fees. There are two aspects of what SpringerOpen is doing that are worth looking at as potential models for other publishers: 1) a number of sponsors have clear language indicating the sponsorship model and making it very clear that authors do not pay and 2) SpringerOpen's "About the Journal" websites often include a tab highlighting the sponsor, which can be useful to provide value back to the sponsoring institution or society in the form of promotion of their work. Details and samples of wording can be found here: https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2016/05/09/springeropen-about-40-of-journals-fully-sponsored-good-clear-language-examples/

De Gruyter has moved in just a few years from no presence in OA to become one of the largest OA publishers as measured by number of journals. 98% of De Gruyter Open journals are sponsored (primarily by universities in Eastern Europe); only 2% charge APCs.
Details (English): https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2016/04/27/de-gruyter-open-english/
Détails (Français): https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2016/04/27/de-gruyter-maintenant-3e-editeur-en-importance-sur-le-directory-of-open-access-journals-doaj/

best,

Dr. Heather Morrison
Assistant Professor
École des sciences de l'information / School of Information Studies
University of Ottawa
Desmarais 111-02
613-562-5800 ext. 7634
Sustaining the Knowledge Commons: Open Access Scholarship
http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/
http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html
Heather.Morrison at uottawa.ca<mailto:Heather.Morrison at uottawa.ca>


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