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Source: EurekaAlert/Georgia Institute of Technology
Comparing traditional scientific journals and newer Open Access journals
“Rising subscription costs in the 1990s forced university libraries into a ’serials crisis’ as they cancelled many academic journals, spawning a movement toward Open Access journals, where authors pay a fee to submit or publish a paper that is available at no cost online. In 2000, the average price of a subscription to a scholarly journal was shown to have more than tripled over the previous 14 years, reflecting the publishing industry’s growing consolidation and therefore, less competition. Dr. Mark McCabe, assistant professor in the School of Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, studies the economic viability of a new approach to academic publishing called Open Access…McCabe will present findings from his ongoing research on scientific communication with co-author Christopher M. Snyder of George Washington University. Their research compares the traditional business model of scholarly journals in which the “Reader Pays” for a (possibly electronic) subscription with the newer “Author Pays” or “Open Access” publishing model.”
See Also: Numerous Papers by Dr. McCabe Are Available Here
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