[GOAL] APC comparison 2010 and 2016: trends in different directions and the publisher factor

[Heather Morrison]

Abstract

Most fully open access journals do not have publication charges. This study focuses on an update of a sample of 844 APC charging journals listed in DOAJ that were studied by Solomon and Björk in 2010. 98% of these journals are still active and 96% are confirmed as still having publication charges. Pricing trends are diverse, with most journals showing little to no changes in price over 6 years with outliers showing a wide range from a price decrease of $1,343 USD to a price increase of $1,844 USD. “Publisher” is a significant factor in trends at the p < .001 level, i.e. some publishers are raising prices on average (13 publishers have increased prices in the past 6 years by 100% – 300% on average), others decreasing on average (19 publishers with lower prices in 2016 than 2010 on average). Limitations of the study: the original dataset was based on a sample of DOAJ journals charging APCs, and there is likely some conflation of pricing trends and currency fluctuations. This dataset supports an hypothesis of ongoing volatility in the APC market as we originally noted in our 2014 survey (Morrison et al, 2015).

For details see the link to the PDF from this blogpost:
https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2017/03/21/apc-comparison-2010-and-2016/

best,

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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
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