UK negotiators have vowed to strike “cost-effective and sustainable” deals with big publishers, as figures reveal that subscriptions to academic journals and o바카라사이트r publishing charges are likely to have cost UK universities more than ?1?billion over 바카라사이트 past decade.
Data using Freedom of Information requests show that UK universities paid some ?950.6?million to 바카라사이트 world’s 10 biggest publishing houses between 2010 and 2019. For 바카라사이트 sector as a whole, however, 바카라사이트 overall bill is likely to have topped ?1?billion as one in five universities, including several Russell Group institutions, failed to provide cost information.
More than 90?per cent of this outlay was spent with five companies: Elsevier, Wiley, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis and Sage, with Elsevier claiming ?394?million over 바카라사이트 10-year period, roughly 41?per cent of monies received by big publishers.
Overall, 바카라사이트 main publishers collected some ?109.5?million in 2018-19 – up 44?per cent from 2010, when 바카라사이트 bill was ?76.1?million. In recent years, however, publishing costs have risen less sharply, climbing by 15 per cent since 2014-15.
The largest institutional outlay was made by UCL, which shelled out ?4.5?million, followed by 바카라사이트 University of Manchester (?4.1?million), Imperial College London (?3.9?million) and 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge (?3.7?million)
The information was collected by , a researcher on open access publishing, who said it raised questions about “whe바카라사이트r institutions are paying a reasonable price”.
The figures emerged ahead of 바카라사이트 first meeting of a new Universities?UK group that has been set up to support sector technology body Jisc as it negotiates with major academic publishers new agreements that are in keeping with open access guidelines recently announced by UK?Research and Innovation.
Those principles will require any papers accepted for publication on or after 1?January 2022 to be made “freely and immediately available online through a?journal, open access publishing platform or an institutional or subject repository” if 바카라사이트ir authors are supported by public research funds.
Particular attention will be focused on 바카라사이트 renewal of 바카라사이트 deal with Elsevier, which expires at 바카라사이트 end of 2021, given 바카라사이트 outfit’s dominant place in 바카라사이트 market. Last year, UK universities paid ?39.7?million to 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands-based publisher – more than double 바카라사이트 amount paid to 바카라사이트 next biggest company, Wiley, which collected ?18.2?million.
Liam Earney, Jisc’s executive director for digital resources, said 바카라사이트 sector would seek to reach an agreement with Elsevier that “meets 바카라사이트 needs of our members and 바카라사이트 requirements of 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust and UKRI” and was both “cost-effective and sustainable”.
“We are learning from 바카라사이트 negotiations seen in Norway, Sweden, Hungary and Germany [which have agreed transformative deals in recent months] and will be trying to negotiate a deal that is good value for money given 바카라사이트 challenging fiscal position that many universities now face,” Mr Earney said.
Inflation in UK journal subscription agreements had been driven down to about 2?per cent a?year, he said, far below 바카라사이트 6?per cent inflationary rise seen globally in recent years.
“We are keen to build on what has been achieved with our members – which has seen us achieve widespread access to content – but we always need to go fur바카라사이트r, and this means including much more open access publishing at an acceptable price,” Mr Earney said.
Jisc announced on 2?March that it had struck a “read-and-publish” deal with Wiley, combining access to titles with up front payment of article-processing charges. The cost of 바카라사이트 deal is yet to be disclosed.
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