The APC-barrier and its effect on stratification in open access publishing

IF 4.1 Q1 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Quantitative Science Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI:10.1162/qss_a_00245

Thomas Klebel, T. Ross-Hellauer

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Abstract

Abstract Current implementations of Open Access (OA) publishing frequently involve article processing charges (APCs). Increasing evidence has emerged that APCs impede researchers with fewer resources in publishing their research as OA. We analyzed 1.5 million scientific articles from journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals to assess average APCs and their determinants for a comprehensive set of journal publications across scientific disciplines, world regions, and through time. Levels of APCs were strongly stratified by scientific fields and the institutions’ countries, corroborating previous findings on publishing cultures and the impact of mandates of research funders. After controlling for country and scientific field with a multilevel mixture model, however, we found small to moderate effects of levels of institutional resourcing on the level of APCs. The effects were largest in countries with low GDP, suggesting decreasing marginal effects of institutional resources when general levels of funding are high. Our findings provide further evidence on how APCs stratify OA publishing and highlight the need for alternative publishing models.

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开放获取出版中的APC障碍及其对分层的影响

当前开放获取(OA)出版的实施经常涉及文章处理费(apc)。越来越多的证据表明，apc阻碍了资源较少的研究人员以开放获取的形式发表他们的研究。我们分析了开放获取期刊目录中列出的150万篇科学论文，以评估跨科学学科、世界地区和时间的综合期刊出版物的平均apc及其决定因素。apc的水平按科学领域和机构所在国家有明显的分层，证实了以前关于出版文化和研究资助者授权的影响的调查结果。然而，在多层混合模型控制了国家和科学领域之后，我们发现机构资源水平对APCs水平的影响很小到中等。这种影响在国内生产总值较低的国家中最大，这表明当总体资金水平较高时，机构资源的边际效应会降低。我们的研究结果为apc如何对OA出版进行分层提供了进一步的证据，并强调了对替代出版模式的需求。

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Quantitative Science Studies INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

CiteScore

12.10

自引率

12.50%

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审稿时长

22 weeks

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