One way to help keep this straight is to work out the cost per currency.
An Article Processing Charge (APC) of 3,000 EUROs (3,900 USD/GBP2500) works out
to $1.30/Euro
While an APC of 2,950 EUROS (3,900 USD/GBP 2,500) works out to exchange rate
of: 1.32$/Euro
Actually, the decrease of 50 Euros
My apologies, I got the currency differential backwards - a 21% decrease in the
EUR should mean a 21% increase in the EUR price, not a decrease.
The basic concept that to understand whether pricing are actually increasing,
decreasing, or remaining flat, you need to track the pricing in all of th
This example may help to understand why it is important to consider currency
fluctuations in assessing trends in pricing. If a journal charges in more than
one currency, to know whether pricing is flat, decreasing or increasing it is
necessary to track the pricing in all of the currencies.
Mole
Congratulations Jeroen and Bianca on a thoughtful and thought-provoking survey.
The format and questions in the survey are a great reminder of the array of
scholarly communication activities requiring efficient intuitive tools.
Furthermore, the survey reignites the challenging search for that
Dear Andrew,
Thanks for your comments. The preselected answer options in our survey are just
a few examples out of way larger number of possible answers. Indeed, most
respondents tick the option indicating that they use other tools as well and
also specify those. The preselected answer options
