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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to Anqi Shi</span><br>
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481 Hindawi journals were analyzed. 226 (47%) journals published at some point from 2010 – 2019 have ceased publication, 7 cannot be found on the Hindawi website anymore and 1 has been transferred to another publisher. In 2019, there are 247 journals actively
publishing on the Hindawi website. All the journals are charging APCs. The average price is 1186.44 USD, an increase of 14% over the 2018 APC (1040.30 USD). Compared to the US inflation rate for 2018 of 2.44%(“U.S. Inflation Rate 1960-2019” n.d.), the publication
fee rises more than 5 times. Among active journals, 17% of the 217 journals did not change in price; 30% journals decreased their price while more than half (53%) of the journals increased price. The amount of price increase starts from 25 USD up to 1350 USD.
14 journals appear to have switched from “no fee” to “fee”, with different APCS from 750 USD to 1350 USD.</p>
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Most journals that not found on the website in 2018 now been illustrated ceased on the web page with the specific ceased year and where to find previous publication articles which could be good practice for authors who are trying to find the latest information
about specific journals. it also benefits other publishers to follow the lead.</p>
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Details: </p>
<a href="https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2019/11/05/hindawi-apc-comparison-2018-2019/" id="LPlnk659674">https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2019/11/05/hindawi-apc-comparison-2018-2019/</a>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Dr. <span style="font-size:12pt">Heather Morrison</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Professeur Agrégé, École des Sciences de l'Information, Université d'Ottawa<br>
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Principal Investigator, Sustaining the Knowledge Commons, a SSHRC Insight Project</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">[On research sabbatical July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020]</p>
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