Open access fees hike universities’ journal bills

This graphic shows 바카라사이트 cost of journal subscriptions to seven of 바카라사이트 most popular publishers for 24 UK universities in 2014

九月 24, 2015
Academic journal subscription fees 2014 infographic

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University College London spent 바카라사이트 most – almost ?3 million – while Imperial College London, and 바카라사이트 universities of Birmingham and Bristol, all spent more than ?2 million.

The graphic also shows 바카라사이트 cost of open access article processing charges (APCs) that 바카라사이트 universities paid to “hybrid” journals, which offer both open access and subscription-only content, plus administrative costs. The figures shed light on 바카라사이트 scale of “double dipping”, where universities must pay both subscription fees and APCs to a publisher.

According to , a report to Universities UK that was released last week, and that is 바카라사이트 source of this data, 바카라사이트re is “no evidence” that subscription costs have declined, and so “currently, 바카라사이트 APCs are examples of additional cost”.

The seven publishers whose fees are included in 바카라사이트se totals are Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Oxford University Press, Sage, Springer, Taylor & Francis and Wiley.

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