Results of this survey are now available in MDPI's Publications:
http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/3/1/1
Abstract: As of May 2014, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) listed
close to ten thousand fully open access, peer reviewed, scholarly journals.
Most of these journals do not charge article processing charges (APCs). This
article reports the results of a survey of the 2567 journals, or 26% of
journals listed in DOAJ, that do have APCs based on a sample of 1432 of these
journals. Results indicate a volatile sector that would make future APCs
difficult to predict for budgeting purposes. DOAJ and publisher title lists
often did not closely match. A number of journals were found on examination not
to have APCs. A wide range of publication costs was found for every publisher
type. The average (mean) APC of $964 contrasts with a mode of $0. At least 61%
of publishers using APCs are commercial in nature, while many publishers are of
unknown types. The vast majority of journals charging APCs (80%) were found to
offer one or more variations on pricing, such as discounts for authors from mid
to low income countries, differential pricing based on article type,
institutional or society membership, and/or optional charges for extra s such
as English language editing services or fast track of articles. The complexity
and volatility of this publishing landscape is discussed.
Citation: Morrison, H.; Salhab, J.; Calvé-Genest, A.; Horava, T. Open Access
Article Processing Charges: DOAJ Survey May 2014. Publications 2015, 3, 1-16.
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Dr. Heather Morrison
Assistant Professor
École des sciences de l'information / School of Information Studies
University of Ottawa
Desmarais 111-02
613-562-5800 ext. 7634
Sustaining the Knowledge Commons: Open Access Scholarship
http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/
http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html
heather.morri...@uottawa.camailto:heather.morri...@uottawa.ca
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