Adding up the data summary for MDPI to the picture: •164 journals with numeric data in 2017 (average APC 438CHF) and 2018 (average APC 533CHF) •107 journals (65.2%) with no change in APC, including 40 journals free (average APC 375CHF) •40 journals (24.3%) with APC increase of 6% - 142% (increase range from 100 – 500CHF; average APC increase 219CHF; average percent increase 27.3%) •17 journals (10.3%) free in 2017, introduced APC in 2018 (250CHF-550CHF; average APC 370CHF)
Original data can be found here: http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2017 Some Publishers and Journals statistics can also be found here: https://www.scilit.net/rankings Please read the "Disclaimer & Notes". Hoping this is useful, Best wishes, Franck Franck Vazquez, Ph.D Chief Executive Officer, MDPI St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel, Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 http://www.mdpi.com -- http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7967-3798 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Franck_Vazquez https://www.linkedin.com/in/franck-vazquez-932a96a8/ On 13.04.18 18:14, Heather Morrison wrote: > 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-have-apc-increases-of-18-31-from-2017-to-2018/>. > > > > > Blog post link (text is the same): > > > https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2018/04/13/recent-apc-price-changes-for-4-publishers-bmc-hindawi-plos-peerj/ > > > best, > > > Heather Morrison > > Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa > > Professeur Agrégé, École des Sciences de l'Information, Université d'Ottawa > > [email protected] > > https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org > > https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/?lang=en#/members/706 > _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
