DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020" report to their offering.
In today's global market, it's more important than ever to understand the changing dynamics of academic publishing. Rely on Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020 to build your growth plan for this year and beyond.
This report explains the origins of the open access movement, gives a timeline for its development, but most importantly, the research quantifies open access' position as a fast growing subsegment of scholarly journal publishing. The report uses the information gathered through primary and secondary research to develop a financial outlook for open access journal publishing including leading competitors' performance through 2015 and market projections through 2020. This research was conducted in conjunction with a larger study of the overall market for scholarly and professional publishing.
Key Topics Covered:
Chapter 1: Open Access Publishing Market
- Origins of a Movement
- Timeline
- Open Access Definitions & Publishing Models
- Open Access Journals
- Gold
- Green
- Hybrid
- Megajournals
- Article Processing Charges
- Other Sources of Support for OA Articles
- The Open Access Ecosystem
- Public Funding Agencies
- National Institutes of Health
- Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020
- European Research Council
- Research Councils UK
- The Wellcome Trust
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Institutional Mandates
- Market Size
- APC Journals Revenue
- Other Journals OA Revenue
- Other Measures of Market Size
- Open Access by Discipline
- Medical
- Scientific & Technical
- Social Science & Humanities
- Open Access by Geography
- Language
Chapter 2: Leading Open Access Journal Publishers & Repositories
- Introduction
- Leading Open Access Publishers
- Springer Nature
- Company Overview
- Recent Company Performance
- Open Access Publishing Strategy
- Public Library of Science (PLOS)
- Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020
- Competitor Overview
Chapter 3: Issues Facing Open Access Journal Publishing & Forecast
- Introduction
- Issues Facing Open Access Publishing
- Open Access Business Practices Continue to Evolve
- APC Pricing Is an Issue for Editorial Boards
- The Librarian Complaint Is Double Dipping
- Despite Objections, APCs Will Continue to Rise
- Leading OA Publishers Branded as Predatory
- Every OA Publisher Has Faced a Credibility Problem
- Peer Review Is a Particular Target for Criticism
- Some Publishers Work Towards Greater Transparency
- Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020
- Going OA Is Not a Magic Bullet
- Major Publishers Have the Potential of Transforming OA Publishing
- More Journals Are Being Converted from Subscription to Open Access
- Has Megajournals Growth Stalled?
- Open Access Publishing Forecast
- Introduction
- World Economy & Exchange Rates
- Open Access Will Capture a Significant Share of Emerging Market Research
- Authors Will Better Understand the Good & Bad of OA Journals
- Mandates Will Increase & They Will Work
- OA Articles Published Per Year Will Continue to Grow
- The Humanities & Social Sciences Will Be Accommodated
- APCs Will Continue to Rise
- Forecast of Leading Publishers
Companies Mentioned
- Academia.edu
- arXiv
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- CiteSeerX
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard
- Hindawi
- Holtzbrinck (including Frontiers)
- Informa Cogent
- John Wiley & Sons
- MDPI AG
- Oxford University Press
- PubMed Central
- Public Library of Science (PLOS)
- REXL Group/Elsevier
- Redalyc
- ResearchGate
- SciELO
- Springer Nature
- Wolters Kluwer (including Medknow)
For more information about this report visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/rm74vn/open_access
