Research Catalog

Title

The economics of open access : on the future of academic publishing / Thomas Eger, Marc Scheufen.

Author

Eger, Thomas, 1949-

Publication

• Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

Scheufen, Marc, 1984-

Description

x, 156 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

New horizons in law and economics

Uniform Title

New horizons in law and economics.

Subjects

• Open access publishing
• Scholarly publishing > Economic aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-152) and index.

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Development of the academic publishing market and the serials crisis -- 1.2.Copyright protection in academic publishing -- 1.3.The origins of open access in academic publishing -- 2.The academic publishing market -- 2.1.The economics of academic publishing -- 2.1.1.The reward structure in science -- 2.1.2.The organization of academic publishing -- 2.2.The academic journal publishing market -- 2.2.1.The supply side -- 2.2.1.1.Characteristics of journal publishers -- 2.2.1.2.Characteristics of different research fields -- 2.2.2.The demand side: journal prices and the serials crisis -- 2.3.The open access movement -- 2.3.1.Open access publishing: an overview -- 2.3.1.1.The gold road -- 2.3.1.2.The green road -- 2.3.2.Recent developments -- 2.3.2.1.General development -- 2.3.2.2.Policy development -- 2.3.2.2.1.Support by national parliaments and governments and by the European Commission
• Note continued: 2.3.2.2.2.Support by research funders -- 2.3.2.2.3.Support by universities and research institutes -- 2.4.Preliminary results -- 3.An international survey analysis -- 3.1.Research setting -- 3.1.1.Research questions -- 3.1.2.Conducting the survey -- 3.2.Descriptive statistics -- 3.2.1.A general overview -- 3.2.2.By research field -- 3.2.2.1.The gold road -- 3.2.2.2.The green road -- 3.2.2.3.Conclusions -- 3.2.3.By country -- 3.2.3.1.The gold road -- 3.2.3.2.The green road -- 3.2.3.3.Conclusions -- 3.3.Empirical analysis -- 3.3.1.Method -- 3.3.2.The gold road -- 3.3.3.The green road -- 3.4.General conclusions -- 4.Policy implications and the way forward -- 4.1.Alternative policy instruments -- 4.2.The financial viability of a large-scale transition to gold OA -- 4.3.Limits to OA -- 4.3.1.Limits to gold OA -- 4.3.2.Limits to green OA -- 4.4.Fundamental requirements for an efficient transition to OA -- 4.4.1.Proper incentives for academic publishers
• Note continued: 4.4.2.Quality assurance -- 4.4.3.Proper assessment of scholars -- 4.4.4.Guarantee of academic freedom -- 4.5.Conclusions -- 5.Summary and outlook -- Appendix 1 The academic journal market -- The data -- Journals in different fields of research -- Appendix 2 Open access journals -- The DOAJ data -- OA journals in different fields of research -- Appendix 3 An international survey analysis -- Descriptive statistics -- Empirical results -- Appendix 4 The questionnaire -- pt. A Personal questions -- pt. B1 Gold road of OA (i.e. OA journals) -- pt. B2 Rating of OA journals -- pt. C1 The green road (OA repositories) -- pt. C2 Rating of OA repositories.

Call Number

JFE 18-7879

ISBN

• 1785365754
• 9781785365751

LCCN

2018931652

OCLC

1015854369

Author

Eger, Thomas, 1949- author.

Title

The economics of open access : on the future of academic publishing / Thomas Eger, Marc Scheufen.

Publisher

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

New horizons in law and economics

New horizons in law and economics.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-152) and index.

Added Author

Scheufen, Marc, 1984- author.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-7879