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Fwd: Recent APC price changes for 4 publishers (BMC, Hindawi, PLOS, PeerJ)
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 13 Apr '18

13 Apr '18

Se davvero le strategie di prezzo sono variabili fra gli editori, ne deduco che c'è una salutare competizione. Qualcuno ha provato a calcolare il costo totale di mantenimento delle riviste OA delle università italiane (per esempio Bologna e Milano)? A occhio è difficile che siano inferiori ai 100 € per articolo, per esempio. Federico -------- Messaggio inoltrato -------- Oggetto: [SCHOLCOMM] Recent APC price changes for 4 publishers (BMC, Hindawi, PLOS, PeerJ) Data: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 16:14:42 +0000 Mittente: Heather Morrison Following is a summary of recent APC changes for 4 publishers, prepared on request but posted in case this might be of interest to anyone else. In brief, each publisher appears to be following a different pricing strategy ranging from flat pricing over many years with one rare exception, to a tenfold increase from 2016 - 2017. BioMedCentral: mixed picture * 269 journals with numeric data 2017 and 2018 (April 4 sampling date both years) * 20 with price increases of 2% - 83% (30 - 620 GBP) * 5 with price decreases of 1% - 15% (15 - 205 GBP) * Of interest: 25 journals with no publication fee (appears to be society / university sponsorship) * Of concern: 44 journals with "title not found": some will reflect earlier title drop Hindawi April 2016 - November 2017: mixed picture, price increases a bit concerning * 281 journals with numeric data for 2016 and 2017 (including 0 = free for now*) * 99 journals have price increases ranging from 14 - 108% (100% = price has doubled), increases of 250 - 650 USD * 115 journals have no change in pricing * 45 journals have price decreases of 6 - 25%, 50 - 100 USD * Of interest: 230 Predecessor journals (ISRN series): good practice * Of concern: 186 title not found (not limited to 2017), excluding predecessor *Rotating free journals: 5 of the 281 journals were free in 2016; 1 is still free, the other 4 have APCs of 1250 - 1750 USD. 17 journals that had an APC in 2016 were free in 2017. Paul Peters sent an e-mail explaining this strategy a few years ago. PLOS ONE: flat pricing with one exception >From 2014 - 2018, there has been only one price change for PLOS journals: PLOS ONE was $1,350 USD in 2014 and is $1,495 USD today. The sample date was December 2017, a visual scan confirms the same prices are in effect as of April 13, 2018. PeerJ: tenfold price increase from 2016 - 2017 (99 USD - 1,095 USD); new journal PeerJ Computer Science is 895 USD. See also yesterday's post Frontiers: 40% of journals have price increases from 18 - 31%<https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2018/04/12/frontiers-40-journals-hav…>. Blog post link (text is the same): https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2018/04/13/recent-apc-price-changes-… best, Heather Morrison Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa Professeur Agrégé, École des Sciences de l'Information, Université d'Ottawa

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