Dear all,
Price transparency is a key requirement for journals to be compliant with Plan S. The Fair Open Access Alliance (FOAA) now presents the FOAA Breakdown of Publishing Services and Prices that it developed in one-on-one talks with a number of publishers, see below and see https://www.fairopenaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/0.4-press-release-nov-2019-Fair-Open-Access-breakdown.pdf.
FOAA invites all publishers to use this breakdown to make the structure of their fees transparent, in order to inform the market in the sense of Principle 5 of Plan S.
Saskia de Vries / Fair Open Access Alliance
The Fair Open Access Breakdown of Publication Services and Fees |
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Service baskets |
Components |
Specify |
% |
Price |
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1. Journal operations |
- Journal support and submission system
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In/out house |
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2. Publication |
- Triaging
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- Typesetting |
Rejec-tion rate |
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3. Fees |
- Scientific editors fees |
Agree-ments |
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4. Communication |
- Dissemination |
- Community support |
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5. General |
- Management & administration |
Can be allocated elsewhere since it is not a service |
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6. Surplus |
- Can be allocated elsewhere |
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7. Discounts & waivers |
Policy |
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Total publication fee per article |
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Rules:
- Baskets 1-7 represent the minimum information required. |