I find it self-evident, rather than worrying On the value side of the pricing equation, publishing in a high IF journal is clearly of more value to an author than publishing in a lo or no IF journal.
On the cost side, I'd guess that high IF journals tend to reject a higher % of articles than low or no IF journals. Accepted articles have to bear a share of the costs of processing these articles up to the point of rejection. Sally Sally Morris South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex, UK BN13 3UU Tel: +44 (0)1903 871286 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ANDREW Theo Sent: 12 October 2012 15:12 To: [email protected] Subject: [GOAL] Gold OA: Publication costs and journal impact factors Dear All, I'd like to draw your attention to a piece of work we have carried out which looks at Gold OA fees and journal impact factors: http://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/openscholarship/2012/10/02/impact-cost/ In short, it appears that 1) hybrid journals generally charge more than full OA journals independent of journal impact factor, and 2) hybrid journals with high impact factors charge significantly more than other types of journal for gold open access. I find this apparent correlation between journal impact factor and cost worrying and would welcome feedback. Is this something that other people are seeing or have we got our facts wrong? Kind regards, Theo __________________________ Theo Andrew Research Publications Service Edinburgh University Library tel. 0131 651 3850 web. http://bit.ly/UoE-RPS post. 4 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LW. skype. theoandrew -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
