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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Economic impact of OA on STM publishers

The Groupement Français de l'Industrie de l'Information (French Association of Electronic Information Industry, or GFII) has announced a new research project, Réalisation et expérimentation de scénarios économiques dans le domaine de l’édition scientifique technique et médicale (Implementation and testing of economic scenarios in STM publishing), April 22, 2008.  The project is supported by the government Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (Ministry of Higher Education and Research). 

Read the project description in the French original or in Google's English.

Update.  The GFII study will be undertaken in parallel with a similar study from TGE ADONIS announced on March 20, 2008.  Read about the ADONIS study in the French or Google's English.