<font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><font>See </font>William Walters and Anne Linvill (August 2010): "While just 29 percent of OA journals charge publication fees, those journals represent 50 percent of the articles in our study."<font><div>
<a href="http://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2010/09/14/crl-132.abstract">http://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2010/09/14/crl-132.abstract</a></div></font></font><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div>
<font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"> Peter</font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Peter Suber</font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><a href="http://gplus.to/petersuber">gplus.to/petersuber</a> </font></div>
<div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:21 AM, Richard Poynder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ricky@richardpoynder.co.uk" target="_blank">ricky@richardpoynder.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</font><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">[...]<br>
<br>
I realise that this thread is a discussion of how to document and support<br>
"fee-free" OA journals, but it might be useful to put in context the comment<br>
below that 70% of journals listed in the DOAJ (in 2009) were no-fee.<br>
<br>
I say this because some might conclude on reading the comment that 70% of<br>
*papers* published in OA journals are being published without a fee. This is<br>
clearly not so. While some of the journals in DOAJ may currently be<br>
publishing no more than a handful of papers, others will be publishing many<br>
more. Indeed, for-fee "mega journals" will be publishing a great many more.<br>
Thus PLoS ONE (which charges an APC of $1,350) is now publishing around<br>
2,000 papers a month, and expects to publish 3% of the STM literature this<br>
year<br>
(<a href="http://blogs.plos.org/everyone/2012/05/18/plos-one-a-personal-farewell/" target="_blank">http://blogs.plos.org/everyone/2012/05/18/plos-one-a-personal-farewell/</a>).<br>
<br>
Moreover, as subscription publishers increasingly embrace OA we can be sure<br>
that they will be doing so by charging an APC.<br>
<br>
As such, I assume that we have no idea at all of how many OA *papers* are<br>
being published on a no-fee basis. (Or perhaps someone does have some data<br>
here)?<br>
<br>
Either way, list members will doubtless feel that this makes it is all the<br>
more important to document and support fee-free journals.<br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Richard Poynder<br>
<br>
<br>
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Subject: [Open-access] Fwd: Fee-free scholarly publishing<br>
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
I'm forwarding a very interesting recent thread about fee-free scholarly<br>
publishing started by Peter Murray-Rust with Rosemary Laurent from INRIA<br>
[1], Richard Poynder, Peter Suber, Jenny Molloy, Tom Olijhoek, Ross Mounce<br>
and several other OKFN folks.<br>
<br>
Peter Murray-Rust's original email to Rosemary is at the bottom, as well as<br>
some of the subsequent correspondence with Rosemary Laurent, Richard Poynder<br>
and Peter Suber.<br>
<br>
Basically the discussion is about how we can better document and support<br>
'fee-free' open access journals - which might include case studies, a<br>
possible 'fee-free' OA handbook, publicity and community building<br>
activities, and building a better 'best practises network'<br>
with people and organisations who have done it.<br>
<br>
We all agreed that - rather than continuing discussion in private - it would<br>
make more sense to open this discussion up to others on this list!<br>
<br>
All the best,<br>
<br>
Jonathan<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="http://www.inria.fr/en/institute/inria-in-brief" target="_blank">http://www.inria.fr/en/institute/inria-in-brief</a><br>
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On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 1:45 AM, Peter Suber <<a href="mailto:peter.suber@gmail.com">peter.suber@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I'd be glad to stay in the loop for this discussion.<br>
><br>
> In May 2009, Stuart Shieber did a systematic survey of the journals in<br>
> the DOAJ, and found that 70% were no-fee. As far as I know, that's the<br>
> most recent systematic survey.<br>
> <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2009/05/29/what-percentage-of-op" target="_blank">http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2009/05/29/what-percentage-of-op</a><br>
> en-access-journals-charge-publication-fees/<br>
><br>
> The DOAJ doesn't maintain a separate list of the no-fee journals. But<br>
> if you browse the journals by field, the journal record will tell you<br>
> whether or not the journal charges a publication fee. Here are the<br>
> journals in botany just to show some examples. Look at the first two<br>
> listed. The first charges a fee and second doesn't.<br>
> <a href="http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=72&uiLanguage=en" target="_blank">http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=72&uiLanguage=en</a><br>
><br>
> I've written about OA journals several times over the years, most<br>
> recently (not very recently!) in November 2006, when most people<br>
> didn't even realize they existed, let alone that they constituted the<br>
majority of OA journals.<br>
> <a href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/11-02-06.htm#nofee" target="_blank">http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/11-02-06.htm#nofee</a><br>
><br>
> I haven't seen a "handbook" of no-fee OA journal publishing. If you<br>
> compile one, it would be very useful. Meantime, see the list of OA<br>
> journal business models at the Open Access Directory.<br>
> <a href="http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_journal_business_models" target="_blank">http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_journal_business_models</a><br>
><br>
> This list has no entry for "no-fee" OA journals because "no-fee" isn't<br>
> a business model. Instead, look at the business models other than<br>
> "publication fees" and "submission fees".<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
> Peter S.<br>
><br>
> Peter Suber<br>
> <a href="http://gplus.to/petersuber" target="_blank">gplus.to/petersuber</a><br>
<br>
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