We aim to estimate the total amount of article processing charges (APCs) paid to publish
open access (OA) in journals controlled by the five large commercial publishers (Elsevier …

Open access (OA) publishing has created new academic and economic niches in
contemporary science. OA journals offer numerous publication outlets with varying editorial …

Open Access (OA) emerged as an important transition in scholarly publishing worldwide
during the past two decades. So far, this transition is increasingly based on article …

This study examines trends in open access article processing charges (APCs) from 2011 to
2021, building on a 2011 study by Solomon and Björk. Two methods are employed, a …

With the ongoing open-access transformation, article processing charges (APCs) are
gaining importance as one of the main business models for open-access publishing in …

Large publishing companies have been dominating scientific publishing for long, which
leads to high subscription fees and inhibited access to scientific knowledge. At digital era …

Background. Open access (OA) publishing via article processing charges (APCs) is growing
as an alternative to subscription publishing. The Pay It Forward (PIF) Project is exploring the …

Abstract Current implementations of Open Access (OA) publishing frequently involve article
processing charges (APCs). Increasing evidence has emerged that APCs impede …

Open access (OA) is an alternative business model for the publication of scholarly journals.
It makes articles freely available to readers on the Internet and covers the costs associated …

It appears that open access (OA) academic publishing is better for science because it
provides frictionless access to make significant advancements in knowledge. OA also …