1. Variations on Open Access
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2. Study Objective To inform the Open Access discussion
Describe the alternative business models
Develop financial and non-financial profiles
Study a wide range of scholarly journals
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3. Study Design Written questionnaire Four populations 38 questionsed
Four populations
HighWire delayed Open Access journals
Directory of Open Access Journals
AAMC member journals (to come)
ALPSP member journals (to come)
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4. Response Journal population No. of journals No. of respondents
Response rate %
Delayed OA
184 85
46%
Full OA
1,151
248
21.5%
Of special note:
BMC
ISP
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5. Journal Profiles Delayed OA Full OA 1966 1990 Nonprofit
Year established
1966
1990
Publisher
Nonprofit
Comml, nonprofit, academic dept
Location
North America/UK/Europe
Host-Archive
HighWire, PMC, Ovid
Own service, PMC, SCIELO, DOAJ
Format
Print and online
Online only
Content
Orig res, reviews, edls, news
Original research, reviews
Subject matter
STM
ST(M), soc sci, arts & humanities
Acceptance %
38%
64%
Impact factor
3.67
.9 (few ranked)
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6. Peer Review
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7. Editing and Copyediting
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8. Author Services
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9. Copyright
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10. Of special note, from those charging author fees:
Delayed OA
Full OA
Charge any type of author fee
82%
47%
Of special note, from those charging author fees:
Article reprints
75% 4%
Color
68%
Page/publication
39% 1%
Manuscript submission
24%
25%
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Respondents selected all author fees charged

11. Revenue Sources
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12. Revenue Sources
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13. Financial Performance
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14. Change in Plans Delayed OA Full Plan to test or adopt new model 62%
60%
Influential groups
OA proponents
Members
Authors
Publishers Authors
Librarians
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15. Phase 2: Interviews 21 case reports Variety of business models
Commercial and nonprofit
Small and large

16. Business Models Type of model not tied to type of publisher
OA movement: catalyst for experimentation
All kinds of publishers experimenting with OA
Optional OA
Varies greatly in terms of timing and cost
$85-$3,000/article
Low uptake (<1% for large commercial publisher; 5-25% reported by not-for-profit publishers)
Author pay-up high; 5-10% requesting waivers
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17. Operations Impact of e-publishing greater than OA OA
New publishing technologies
Emerging sales channels
Institutional subscriptions/licenses
Content licensors
Focus on efficiency and cost-cutting measures OA
Human resources
Endorse spirit of OA; solidify OA funding
Uncertain future
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18. Publishing Process
OA publishers only slightly more likely to deconstruct traditional publishing process
Receiving manuscripts
Copyediting
Production workflow
Charging for publication or access
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19. Cara Kaufman ckaufman@verizon.net
Thank you
Cara Kaufman