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<p>I was also pleased to read that you "renewed our membership with<span class="highlight selected"> CLOCKS to
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Are your journals also archived by the Swiss National Library? <br>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> goal-bounces@eprints.org <goal-bounces@eprints.org> on behalf of Dr. Shu-Kun Lin <lin@mdpi.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 13 September 2016 04:20<br>
<b>To:</b> Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [GOAL] MDPI APCs 2011 - 2016</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Dear Colleagues,<br>
<br>
MDPI Annual Report 2015 is available to downloaded:<br>
<a id="LPlnk342403" href="http://img.mdpi.org/data/annual-report-mdpi-2015.pdf">http://img.mdpi.org/data/annual-report-mdpi-2015.pdf</a><br>
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According to our own statistical data (our scilit.net), MDPI is among<br>
the 20 largest journal publishers in 2015 as listed at our website<br>
<a href="http://sciforum.net/statistics/top-publishers-by-articles">http://sciforum.net/statistics/top-publishers-by-articles</a><br>
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At our scilit.net, the DOI numbers registered or the papers published<br>
last month indicate that most recently in the month of August 2016, MDPI<br>
publishes more than Hindawi and PLoS and perhaps becomes the second<br>
largest OA publisher:<br>
#1 SpringerNature (BMC, SpringerOpen): 3556<br>
#2 MDPI: 2028<br>
#3 PLOS: 1928<br>
#4 Hindawi: 1533<br>
#5 Frontiers: 1204<br>
<br>
You are welcome to visit our new headquarters office building we<br>
purchased. Our new address: St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel. This year<br>
we set up two offices in Europe: in Spain and Serbia, see:<br>
<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/about">http://www.mdpi.com/about</a> for more details. We are growing.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Shu-Kun<br>
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Dr. Shu-Kun Lin<br>
President of MDPI<br>
Postal address: MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4020 Basel, Switzerland<br>
Office Location: St. Alban-Anlage 66, CH-4052 Basel, Switzerland<br>
Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 (office); Fax +41 61 302 8918<br>
Mobile: +41 79 322 3379; Skype: mdpibasel-lin<br>
E-mail: lin@mdpi.com<br>
Company homepage: <a href="http://www.mdpi.com">http://www.mdpi.com</a><br>
My homepage: <a href="http://www.mdpi.org/lin">http://www.mdpi.org/lin</a><br>
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On 08.08.2016 14:01, Heather Morrison wrote:<br>
> Thank you, Dietrich Rordorf.<br>
><br>
> To clarify, this is a limitation of the study, not an assumption.<br>
> That is, I only note the price per journal, but do not assume that<br>
> this is the only relevant variable to understanding the impact of the<br>
> APC.<br>
><br>
> The APC study in brief is a longitudinal study of the APC list prices<br>
> of a large sample of journals whose publishers have been included in<br>
> DOAJ. There are other aspects of the APC that could be (or are being)<br>
> usefully addressed by other researchers, such as what payers are<br>
> actually paying, hybrid journals, quantity and qualities of articles<br>
> published (qualities could include length, language, formats, linking<br>
> within articles), etc. If anyone has time and energy to conduct<br>
> research in this area, there is plenty of work.<br>
><br>
> best,<br>
><br>
> Heather Morrison<br>
><br>
><br>
> -------- Original message -------- From: Dietrich Rordorf<br>
> <drordorf@gmail.com> Date: 08-08-2016 1:48 AM (GMT-05:00) To: "Global<br>
> Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)" <goal@eprints.org> Subject:<br>
> Re: [GOAL] MDPI APCs 2011 - 2016<br>
><br>
> Dear Dr. Morrison,<br>
><br>
> I think that you make a very strong assumption of equal distribution<br>
> of journal sizes, which to me does not hold up to a reality check.<br>
> Because of this the "average" APC you compute is three to four times<br>
> lower compared to what authors/institutions actually pay to MDPI per<br>
> paper in average.<br>
><br>
> To complete your history of APC changes, you may also want to<br>
> consider the following websites (or their archived counterparts, in<br>
> case they are taken offline):<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2011">http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2011</a> (<a href="http://weblock.io/8E4P1NWIOG">http://weblock.io/8E4P1NWIOG</a>)<br>
> <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2012">http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2012</a> (<a href="http://weblock.io/RO6RKQRHM6">http://weblock.io/RO6RKQRHM6</a>)<br>
> <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2013">http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2013</a> (<a href="http://weblock.io/8E4P1NNIQ4">http://weblock.io/8E4P1NNIQ4</a>)<br>
> <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2014">http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2014</a> (<a href="http://weblock.io/YVLDG6ZHR1">http://weblock.io/YVLDG6ZHR1</a>)<br>
> <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2015">http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2015</a> (<a href="http://weblock.io/3YK2L6RUWD">http://weblock.io/3YK2L6RUWD</a>)<br>
> <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2016">http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2016</a> (<a href="http://weblock.io/6Z4WKM6B2">http://weblock.io/6Z4WKM6B2</a>)<br>
><br>
> Kind regards, Dietrich Rordorf<br>
><br>
> E-mail: drordorf@gmail.com <<a href="mailto:drordorf@gmail.com">mailto:drordorf@gmail.com</a>> Tel. +41 76<br>
> 561 41 83<br>
><br>
> 2016-07-29 16:58 GMT+02:00 Heather Morrison<br>
> <Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca <<a href="mailto:Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca">mailto:Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca</a>>>:<br>
><br>
> A preliminary version of our MDPI APC longitudinal study is now<br>
> available:<br>
> <a href="https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2016/07/29/mdpi-apc-fdp-2011-2016/">
https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2016/07/29/mdpi-apc-fdp-2011-2016/</a><br>
><br>
><br>
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<<a href="https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2016/07/29/mdpi-apc-fdp-2011-2016/">https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2016/07/29/mdpi-apc-fdp-2011-2016/</a>><br>
><br>
> In brief<br>
><br>
> MDPI is a new commercial publisher committed to the APC model, with a<br>
> not uncommon approach of free publication for new journals. Thanks to<br>
> Solomon and Björk, we have APC data for 25 journals for both 2011 and<br>
> 2016. The average APC for this group of journals increased from 624<br>
> CHF in 2011 to 1,148 CHF in 2016, an average increase of 524 CHF or<br>
> an 84% price increase in contrast to a compound U.S. inflation rate<br>
> during this time frame of 8.7% (EU would have been lower).<br>
><br>
>> From 2014 to 2015, MDPI journals either stayed at the same APC or<br>
> lowered their price. From 2015 to 2016, all journals either stayed<br>
> the same in price or increased in price, with the average increase<br>
> 18% or 60 CHF.<br>
><br>
> As of March 2016, MDPI listed 155 journals on their website. Of<br>
> these, almost half (72) are <<free>>. The average APC is 359 CHF (662<br>
> CHF when non-charging journals are excluded).<br>
><br>
> This small case study illustrates the importance for APC payers to<br>
> take this model into account to predict future budget needs. MDPI’s<br>
> overall average APC today is a fraction of the average charged for a<br>
> sample of established journals.<br>
><br>
> Note that for purposes of the Sustaining the Knowledge Commons<br>
> project, APC journals that are <<free for now>> are categorized as<br>
> APC journals with APC of $0, to avoid confusion with journals that<br>
> are not committed to the APC approach.<br>
><br>
> Thanks to Tanoh Laurent Kakou for data analysis.<br>
><br>
> best,<br>
><br>
> -- Dr. Heather Morrison Assistant Professor École des sciences de<br>
> l'information / School of Information Studies University of Ottawa<br>
> <a href="http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html">http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html</a><br>
> <<a href="http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html">http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html</a>> Sustaining the<br>
> Knowledge Commons <a href="http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/">http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/</a><br>
> <<a href="http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/">http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/</a>> Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca<br>
> <<a href="mailto:Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca">mailto:Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca</a>><br>
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