Thank you Heather,
These are valuable figures that show that "Open Access" does not always
bring knowledge justice.
I was involved with BMC nearly from the start - it broke new ground -
showed that "OA" could be profitable and sustainable. I was on the
Editorial Board of Journal of
BioMedCentral (BMC) 2019 – 2020
by Anqi Shi & Heather Morrison
Key points
* Open access commercial publishing pioneer BMC is now wholly owned by a
private company with a portfolio including lines of business that derive
revenue from journal subscriptions, book sales, and textbook sales
