RE: Do governments subsidize journals (was: Who gets hurt by Open

["David Prosser" <david.prosser@bodley.ox.ac.uk>]

While we all have the mantra 'industry reads more than it publishers'
drummed into us, industry does publish and so some revenue will come
directly from industry.  There will also be indirect income - universities
are increasingly accepting industrial funding for research projects
conducted within the university.  Publication costs could easily be
included in the costs that the university charges, so lightening the load
on the poor taxpayer.

(And, of course, while there may be some subject areas where a large
minority of the revenue comes from industry, there are others where the
proportion is almost zero.)

David


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Subject: Re: Do governments subsidize journals (was: Who gets hurt by
Open

On this topic, it probably hardly needs saying that, in those countries
where Government contributes to the costs of universities, univ library
subscriptions are in effect taxpayer (not Government - Govt doesn't have
any money of its own!) funded.  However, as various studies have shown,
only part of journals' income comes from university subscriptions - as
much has half may come from industry in some disciplines, not only through
subs but also offprint sales and advertising.  Under an 'author-side
payment' OA model, however, virtually all of the costs will be borne by
the taxpayer via research (or other institutional) funding

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