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<p>Global Open Access list members may be interested in this preprint of a major study on APCs and/or the open datasets. Comments and questions are welcome on this list or through the blog. ~ Heather Morrison</p>
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<p>This study examines trends in open access article processing charges (APCs) from 2011 – 2021, building on a 2011 study by Solomon & Björk (2012). Two methods are employed, a modified replica and a status update of the 2011 journals. Data is drawn from multiple
sources and datasets are available as open data (Morrison et al, 2021). Most journals do not charge APCs; this has not changed. The global average
<em>per-journal</em> APC increased slightly, from 906 USD to 958 USD, while the <em>
per-article</em> average increased from 904 USD to 1,626 USD, indicating that authors choose to publish in more expensive journals. Publisher size, type, impact metrics and subject affect charging tendencies, average APC and pricing trends. About half the journals
from the 2011 sample are no longer listed in DOAJ in 2021, due to ceased publication or publisher de-listing. Conclusions include a caution about the potential of the APC model to increase costs beyond inflation, and a suggestion that support for the university
sector, responsible for the majority of journals, nearly half the articles, with a tendency not to charge and very low average APCs, may be the most promising approach to achieve economically sustainable no-fee OA journal publishing.</p>
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<p>A preprint of the full article is available here: <a href="https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/42327">
https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/42327</a></p>
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<p>The two base datasets and their documentation are available as open data: </p>
<p>Morrison, Heather et al., 2021, “2011 – 2021 OA APCs”, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/84PNSG">
https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/84PNSG</a>, Scholars Portal Dataverse, V1</p>
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<p>Citation: cite the original URL rather than this blogpost URL (article); if citing data, use the citation above.</p>
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<p>Morrison, H., Borges, L., Zhao, X., Kakou, T.L., Shanbhoug, A.M. (2021). Open access article processing charges 2020 – 2021. Preprint.
<em>Sustaining the Knowledge Commons</em>. <a href="https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/42327">
https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/42327</a></p>
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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>
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