Some economic aspects of the scholarly journal system

King, Donald W.; Tenopir, Carol

doi:10.1002/aris.2011.1440450114

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“…This article reviews the literature on APCs published since 2000 to improve our understanding of their nature and their implications for scholarly communication. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive review of this phenomenon since, in a review of economic aspects of the scholarly journal system, King and Tenopir (2011) devoted some space (pp. 340–347) to the ‘OA author pays’ model.…”

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Article processing charges for open access journal publishing: A review

Borrego

2023

Learned Publishing

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Some open access (OA) publishers charge authors fees to make their articles freely available online. This paper reviews literature on article processing charges (APCs) that has been published since 2000. Despite praise for diamond OA journals, which charge no fees, most OA articles are published by commercial publishers that charge APCs. Publishers fix APCs depending on the reputation assigned to journals by peers. Evidence shows a relationship between high impact metrics and higher, faster rising APCs.Authors express reluctance about APCs, although this varies by discipline depending on previous experience of paying publication fees and the availability of research grants to cover them. Authors rely on a mix of research grants, library funds and personal assets to pay the charges. Two major concerns have been raised in relation to APCs: the inability of poorly funded authors to publish research and their impact on journal quality. Waivers have not solved the first issue. Research shows little extension of waiver use, unintended side effects on co-author networks and concerns regarding criteria to qualify for them. Bibliometric studies concur that journals that charge APCs have a similar citation impact to journals that rely on other income sources.

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Article processing charges for open access journal publishing: A review

Borrego

2023

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“…This mediation is also achieved with the intensive exploitation of other scientists' labour for free, performing tasks such as peer reviewing, editing and editorial duties. Based on five studies addressing the economics of the scholarly journal system, King and Tenopir [35] concluded that researchers' time dominates the overall cost of scholarly journal communication, accounting for 79.5 percent. Those costs are not covered by publishers, the main profiteers of the system.…”

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Open scientific journals: Emerging practices and approaches

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Albagli

Maciel

2018

ISU

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Abstract. This study aims to show how the concept of openness has been manifested and amplified in the universe of open access scholarly journals, pointing out emerging characteristics and practices linked to processes of submission, evaluation, revision, editing, publishing, editing, distribution, access and use of texts for publication. We proceeded to an overview and discussion of the pertinent literature and the identification and analysis of open access journals which have addressed the issue, and to the identification and analysis of cases of open access journals which have been adopting innovative practices, based on information on editorial policies available on their websites. Among the results, we have pointed out aspects of the publications examined, such as the types of licenses used, policies regarding access to research data, publishing formats, charges and alternative metrics of evaluation.

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“…Moreover, any attempt to define common standards for peer review that serve its main purpose of ensuring that only good science is published, is further complicated as the criteria governing the publication of scientific work largely relies on the power held by the publishing industry, which has specific economic interests (e.g. King, ; King & Tenopir, ). In this respect, our own survey showed the variety of publication criteria defined by ecology and evolutionary biology journals, which were not necessarily consistent among them (Fig.…”

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The evolution of peer review as a basis for scientific publication: directional selection towards a robust discipline?

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Peer review is pivotal to science and academia, as it represents a widely accepted strategy for ensuring quality control in scientific research. Yet, the peer-review system is poorly adapted to recent changes in the discipline and current societal needs. We provide historical context for the cultural lag that governs peer review that has eventually led to the system's current structural weaknesses (voluntary review, unstandardized review criteria, decentralized process). We argue that some current attempts to upgrade or otherwise modify the peer-review system are merely sticking-plaster solutions to these fundamental flaws, and therefore are unlikely to resolve them in the long term. We claim that for peer review to be relevant, effective, and contemporary with today's publishing demands across scientific disciplines, its main components need to be redesigned. We propose directional changes that are likely to improve the quality, rigour, and timeliness of peer review, and thereby ensure that this critical process serves the community it was created for.

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Some economic aspects of the scholarly journal system

Cited by 10 publications

References 139 publications

Article processing charges for open access journal publishing: A review

Article processing charges for open access journal publishing: A review

Open scientific journals: Emerging practices and approaches

The evolution of peer review as a basis for scientific publication: directional selection towards a robust discipline?

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