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Economic Implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models
(EI-ASPM)
A project funded by the UK Joint
Information Systems Committee (JISC) and conducted by The Centre for Strategic
Economic Studies at Victoria University and The Departments of Information
Science, Economics and LISU at Loughborough University. The Victoria University
team included John Houghton, Bruce Rasmussen and Peter Sheehan of The Centre for
Strategic Economic Studies in Melbourne, together with Colin Steele, Emeritus
Fellow at The Australian National University in Canberra; and the Loughborough
University team included Charles Oppenheim and Anne Morris of the Department of
Information Science, Claire Creaser, Helen Greenwood and Mark Summers of LISU,
and Adrian Gourlay of the Department of Economics. The team has benefited from
the very generous contributions of Bo-Christer Björk of the Hanken School of
Economics in Helsinki, and Donald King of the University of North Carolina.
JISC Report and models available for download
Release from JISC (EI-ASPM
Report).
The final report (Executive
Summary and
Full Report)
Houghton, J.W., Rasmussen, B., Sheehan, P.J., Oppenheim, C., Morris, A.,
Creaser, C., Greenwood, H., Summers, M. and Gourlay, A. (2009) Economic
Implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models: Exploring the
Costs and Benefits, Report to The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
by Victoria University & Loughborough University.
The Scholarly Communication Process
Model (Scholarly
Communication Process Model)
The scholarly communication process model underlying the
identification of the the activities and costs involved throughout
the Scholarly Communication Life-Cycle.
- The
Online model
(Online
Model)
An
online model which makes a small subset of the EI-ASPM Project cost-benefit modelling
available to those interested in further
exploring results and wanting to explore
national, sectoral or institutional costs and
benefits. It runs as an executable application
within MS Excel, by simply clicking on the file
after downloading. Each of the model elements is
presented as a single screen worksheet. Copies
of the model can be saved locally to record
results and each of the worksheet models can be
printed as a single page. Simply enter your
preferred values into the Variables column of
the Parameters Table and the results will be
recalculated automatically. You can TAB between
the active cells.
- Addendum (Addendum)
We are releasing this addendum in response to comments received since
the publication of the JISC EI-ASPM Report. Its purpose is to further
clarify the results of the modelling undertaken, particularly in
respect to the impacts for the UK nationally and for UK higher
education of: (i) unilateral national versus worldwide adoption of
alternative open access models, and (ii) 'Green OA' self-archiving in
parallel with subscription publishing versus the 'deconstructed or
overlay journals model' of self-archiving with overlay production and
review services.
Reaction to the JISC report
- Professor Ian Diamond, RCUK:
“RCUK welcomes this substantial and interesting report. It will
be of great use to the Research Councils as we develop our future
policies in relation to publishing and in particular Open
Access.”
- Professor Sir Tim O’Shea:
“The argument for moving from more traditional subscription or
toll-based publishing to a model that allows for greater accessibility
and makes full use of the advances in technology cannot be ignored.
This report shows there are significant savings to be made and benefits
to be had. JISC will work with publishers, authors and the science
community to identify and help to remove the barriers to moving to
these more cost-effective models.”
- Sir Mark Walport, Director of the Wellcome Trust:
“As a research funder that provides additional funds to its grant
holders to meet the cost of Open Access publishing, I am delighted that
this report vindicates this approach and shows that the benefits of
enhanced accessibility outweigh the costs of supplementing research
funds with ‘author-pays’ Open Access publishing fees.”
Source: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2009/01/houghton.aspx
Commentary on the JISC report
Other National Studies
The Netherlands:
A project funded by
the Netherland's SURFfoundation and conducted by The Centre for
Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University and EIM Business
& Policy Research in the Netherlands. The team included John
Houghton of The Centre for Strategic Economic Studies in Melbourne,
together with Jos de Jonge and Marcia van Oploo of EIM.
- An online model for The Netherlands
http://www.cfses.com/EI-ASPM/NL EI-ASPM Model.exe
An
online model which makes a small subset of the cost-benefit modelling
available to those interested in further
exploring results and wanting to explore
national, sectoral or institutional costs and
benefits. It runs as an executable application
within MS Excel, by simply clicking on the file
after downloading. Each of the model elements is
presented as a single screen worksheet. Copies
of the model can be saved locally to record
results and each of the worksheet models can be
printed as a single page. Simply enter your
preferred values into the Variables column of
the Parameters Table and the results will be
recalculated automatically. You can TAB between
the active cells.
Denmark:
A project funded by DEFF and conducted by The Centre for
Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University by John
Houghton, which examines the implications of alternative scholarly publishing models in Denmark.
A three country comparison:
A project
funded by the European Knowledge Exchange and conducted by The Centre
for
Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University by John
Houghton, which aims to examine the cost-benefit implications of
alternative shcolarly publishing models in one of the larger, a
mid-sized and a smaller European country.
The United States Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA):
A
project
funded by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
(SPARC) to outline one possible approach to estimating the potential
return on investment implications of the proposed US Federal Research
Public Access ACT (FRPAA), conducted by The Centre
for
Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University by John
Houghton, Bruce Rasmussen and Peter Sheehan.
Access to Research and Technical Information in Denmark:
A
project funded by The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and
Innovation (FI) and Denmark’s Electronic Research Library (DEFF)
exploring levels of and barriers to access to research for small
high-technology firms in Denmark and estimating the costs and impacts
of access. By John Houghton, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies,
Victoria University and Alma Swan and Sheridan Brown, Key Perspectives
Limited
Innovation: Analyse og evaluering 20/2011:
http://www.fi.dk/publikationer/2011/adgang-til-forskningsresultater-og-teknisk-information-i-danmark
Institutional cost models:
Institutional
versions of the EI-ASPM models have been created to enable people at
universities and research institutions to explore the impacts of
alternative scholarly publishing models for their own institutions.
They should be treated as no more than an approximate guide.
Latest Videos (presentations and interviews):
Contact
John Houghton
Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
E-mail: john.houghton@pobox.com
Web: www.cfses.com
Compiled by John Houghton (May 2011)
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