Assessing the size of the affordability problem in scholarly publishing

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RT @Protohedgehog: So @PLOSONE just ramped up their APC by another $200 to $1,695 now. https://t.co/oqhhalQ3WV Remember, this is about 4-5…
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So @PLOSONE just ramped up their APC by another $200 to $1,695 now. https://t.co/oqhhalQ3WV Remember, this is about 4-5 times of the true cost of publishing (see https://t.co/uYumztiyt5 by @brembs and @SciPubLab) and the OPPOSITE of how things work in a fair market. https://t.co/WDY6cw2TFe
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@olivier_pourret @brembs Yes. We (@brembs and I) tried to separate the pricing (= price tag) charged by publishers as top-down approach from real *cost* of scholarly publishing. See our bottom-up (progressive) calculation of all cost, considering also overhead, editors, profit,..: https://t.co/phnWP2s4y2
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2188 days ago
@peiferlabunc @mbeisen @ASCBiology @Co_Biologists @NIH Thus, on average (that includes societies), the price for an article is more than ten times of what it costs to publish it: https://t.co/GtzRD0CM5g
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2194 days ago
@schoppik @cshperspectives @atulbutte @CameronNeylon We have a more accurate and multi-scenario cost calculation here, which is based on actual service costs available today: https://t.co/GtzRD0CM5g Anyone paying more isn't doing it right and would be out-competed if there were an actual market.
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@Larsohrstrom @BMittermaier Well, libraries currently spend on average 5k (US$/€) for an article that should cost them about 400: https://t.co/GtzRD0CM5g So, collectively, they pay about 4600 for something they neither want nor need, nor have been informed about.
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We're paying too much in subscriptions, to be able to read papers. We are paying too high APCs to publish. This study (https://t.co/R242o9qGtq) indicates real cost should be <$1000. https://t.co/hXmQm5bDkP
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2223 days ago
@stho002 @mbeisen Only if you do it wrong... https://t.co/GtzRD0CM5g Do it right and we all save >90%.
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@tdverstynen This is an analysis by @brembs https://t.co/BFhE3yEVHE here @eLife 's breakdown of their own https://t.co/oRl7TLcC7C
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2230 days ago
RT @terrainsvagues: “The publication costs for a representative scholarly article today come to lie at around US$400.” Take that, $5,000 AP…
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RT @terrainsvagues: “The publication costs for a representative scholarly article today come to lie at around US$400.” Take that, $5,000 AP…
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RT @terrainsvagues: “The publication costs for a representative scholarly article today come to lie at around US$400.” Take that, $5,000 AP…
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RT @brembs: @jessicapolka @BurgelmanJean The evidence shows that any transition to #oa should not merely be cost-neutral but actually save…
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RT @terrainsvagues: “The publication costs for a representative scholarly article today come to lie at around US$400.” Take that, $5,000 AP…
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RT @terrainsvagues: “The publication costs for a representative scholarly article today come to lie at around US$400.” Take that, $5,000 AP…
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RT @jdmar3: Okay. Fine. If it costs $4000-5000 to publish an article, then why are we still doing most of the work related to reviewing, su…
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Okay. Fine. If it costs $4000-5000 to publish an article, then why are we still doing most of the work related to reviewing, submitting, and formatting an article for free? Where is that money going? Because we certainly don't see any of it. #ScholComm https://t.co/cEczIdEqdr
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RT @brembs: @jessicapolka @BurgelmanJean The evidence shows that any transition to #oa should not merely be cost-neutral but actually save…
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RT @terrainsvagues: “The publication costs for a representative scholarly article today come to lie at around US$400.” Take that, $5,000 AP…
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RT @terrainsvagues: “The publication costs for a representative scholarly article today come to lie at around US$400.” Take that, $5,000 AP…
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RT @terrainsvagues: “The publication costs for a representative scholarly article today come to lie at around US$400.” Take that, $5,000 AP…
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“The publication costs for a representative scholarly article today come to lie at around US$400.” Take that, $5,000 APCs. Assessing the size of the affordability problem in scholarly publishing [PeerJ Preprints] https://t.co/GGy92cerXw
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RT @brembs: @jessicapolka @BurgelmanJean The evidence shows that any transition to #oa should not merely be cost-neutral but actually save…
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@jessicapolka @BurgelmanJean The evidence shows that any transition to #oa should not merely be cost-neutral but actually save about 90% of the money we currently are wasting on subscriptions: https://t.co/GtzRD0CM5g #ASCBEMBO19
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RT @SciPubLab: Cost of scholarly publishing: Different scenarios of journal organization, ordered by total per article costs (in USD) and d…
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