Thanks to the University of Ottawa's open sharing of their author fund data,
I've been able to calculate that over the past few years there is evidence that
BMC is raising prices at rates far beyond inflation (and far beyond what could
be accounted for through currency fluctuations).
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Interesting numbers!
Have you investigated if some of this increase could be explained by an
increased rejection rate? - this would be an acceptable explanation, in my
opinion.
The suspicion is, of course, that this could be one result of e.g. the RCUK OA
policy, which creates a less
Jan Erik, Heather,
There are a number of factors that can be at play here. I think it's
reasonable to suspect that as a journal becomes more established - becoming
better known, more trusted and potentially having greater kudos - that
submission rates increase, and that may well impact on
hi Jan,
Good question! No, I have not looked into whether BMC's rejection rates have
increased.
Whether this would be an acceptable reason for increasing prices at all, or at
a particular rate, is a different question.
For example, unlike a print-based journal with size constraints imposed by
Hi all,
An interesting discussion. My perspective is not a moral one. The APC
charged should as far as possible reflect the quality and services of
the journal. The current full OA market (for APC journals) is a
relatively competive microeconomic market where customers(=authors)
decide where
A big flaw in the way journals are financially sustained — true for Article
Processing Charges (APCs) of OA journals as well as for subscriptions to
pay-walled journals — is that the entire cost of publication is loaded solely
on the published articles. That may seem logical, but a large
Bo-Christer,
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on the issue of costs due to higher
rejection rates, or rather the non-existent costs of the process around peer
review (which are everything but). It depends on the journal. In some cases,
all that work is done outside the purview of the
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Jan Velterop velte...@gmail.com wrote:
A big flaw in the way journals are financially sustained -- true for
Article Processing Charges (APCs) of OA journals as well as for
subscriptions to pay-walled journals -- is that the entire cost of
publication is loaded
My apologies, my previous posting was completely (and I really mean
completely) garbled. Here it is corrected (in *boldface*). Please ignore
the prior version. -- Stevan Harnad
n Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Jan Velterop velte...@gmail.com wrote:
A big flaw in the way journals are financially
Article in French:
http://www.acfas.ca/publications/decouvrir/2014/02/va-t-enfin-liberer-l-acces-aux-articles-scientifiques
Va-t-on enfin libérer l'accès aux articles scientifiques?
Février 2014 http://www.acfas.ca/publications/decouvrir/02/2014 |
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