Costs and Business Models in Scientific Research Publishing. The Wellcome Trust commissioned and today announced the publication of a new study probing publishing costs of scientific journals, both those with subscription models and OA author-pay models. The press release states open access models could be cheaper by as much as 30 per cent and that OA is "economically viable" and "sustainable". "The report suggests that a £1100 payment by the author would allow a workable, high quality and sustainable publishing model. This compares to an average of £1500 to publish a paper under the traditional system." This is yet another huge show of support from a major research funding body. (Source: Robert Terry, Wellcome Trust, posting to American Scientist Open Access Forum)
Posted by
Garrett at 4/29/2004 05:29:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.