From: Emily Packer <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 15:54:46 +0100

[Apologies for cross-posting]

Hi all,

Of interest, eLife has published its 2015 annual report, detailing
our costs of publishing versus those of our technology innovation and
development.



Every year since 2012, eLife has published an annual report on activities
along with our US Form 990 (required for our type of non-profit
organisation) and our audited financial accounts. This year, we present a
deeper view of our 2015 financials, covering publishing and non-publishing
expenses.



As part of our ambition to change how science publishing works, especially
among highly selective journals, we hope that being transparent about
our costs will help set a future course for research communication that is
efficient and sustainable.



eLife's Executive Director, Mark Patterson, and Head of External Relations,
Jennifer McLennan, have written a blog post that provides further
information about our costs (https://elifesciences.org/eli
fe-news/inside-elife-what-it-costs-publish) and the Times Higher Education
featured a news piece: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/elife-revea
ls-publication-costs-spark-debate-journal-prices.


Our 2015 annual report is also available to view here:
https://2015.elifesciences.org.


Please let me know if you would like any further information.



Kind regards,


Emily

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