An Empirical Analysis of the Amount of Publication Fees |
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| Authors: | Svenja Hagenhoff Matthias Blumenstiel Björn Ortelbach |
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| Institution: | 1. Clinical and Population Perinatal Health Research, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia;2. Fetal Maternal Medicine (PaLMs), Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia;1. Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, Bern, Switzerland;2. Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, Bern, Switzerland;1. Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Diritto dell''Impresa, Università degli studi di Bari \"A. Moro\", Italy;1. Department of orthopedic, trauma and reconstructive surgery, Percy Military Hospital, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, 92140 Clamart, France;2. Pediatric department, Bicêtre French Hospital, 78, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France;3. Microsurgery laboratory, Surgical school, Agence Générale des Equipements et Produits de Santé – Assistance publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 7, rue du Fer-à-Moulin, 75005 Paris, France;4. Department of surgery, French Military Health Service Academy, École du Val-de-Grâce, 1, place Alphonse-Laveran, 75005 Paris, France;1. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan;2. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan;3. Institute of Electrical Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan;4. Institute of Ecology and Environmental Education, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan;5. Institute of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan;1. Departamento de Química, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Centro de Química de Évora, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, Colégio Luís António Verney, 7000-671, Évora, Portugal;2. CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, Universidade da Madeira, Campus Universitário da Penteada, 9020-105, Funchal, Portugal;3. Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Among the financing strategies available for Open Access (OA), the author-pays business model has received increasing attention. The consequences of this approach, however, for the system of scholarly communication and for publishing houses as participants in value added, have remained largely unclear. The paper presented here, therefore, analyzes the probable realistic magnitude of publishing fees in different subjects, based on empirical data. The paper shows that the most favorable conditions are met in the Natural Sciences and in Mathematics. However, the analysis also shows that publishing houses would have to raise publishing fees well beyond the level that scientists are willing to pay. Furthermore, the analysis leads to the conclusion that the amount of money currently available in the system of scholarly communication is probably not sufficient for the sustainable financing of publishing fees. |
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