The Pricing of Open Access Journals: Diverse Niches and Sources of Value in Academic Publishing
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Open access (OA) publishing has created new academic and economic niches in contemporary science. OA journals offer numerous publication outlets with varying editorial philosophies and business models. This article analyzes the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) ( n = 12,127) to identify characteristics of OA academic journals related to the adoption of article processing charge (APC)-based business models, as well as the price points of journals that charge APCs. Journal impact factor (JIF), language, publisher mission, DOAJ Seal, economic and geographic regions of publishers, peer review duration, and journal discipline are all significantly related to the adoption and pricing of journal APCs. Even after accounting for other journal characteristics (prestige, discipline, publisher country), journals published by for-profit publishers charge the highest APCs. Journals with status endowments (JIF, DOAJ Seal) and articles written in English, published in wealthier regions, and in medical or science-based disciplines are also relatively costlier. The OA publishing market reveals insights into forces that create economic and academic value in contemporary science. Political and institutional inequalities manifest in the varying niches occupied by different OA journals and publishers.
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A major difference of OA from the traditional subscription-based model is that coverage of article processing charges is redirected from publishers to authors.
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- Authors
- Siler, K., & Frenken, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Sussex (GB)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Venue
- Quantitative Science Studies
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Published
- 2020-02
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 28-59
- ISSN
- 2641-3337 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2995742707
- Cited by
- 64
- References
- 104
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 23.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Quantitative Science Studies (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (453-14-014)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Publishing and Scholarly Communication
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Keywords
- open access journals, article processing charges, journal subscription costs, DOAJ, journal impact factor, for-profit publishers, language of publication, scholarly publishing economics, institutional inequality
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