Also worth noting that a flat APC in one currency actually equates to a price
decrease in real terms over time.
The effect of regional pricing in real terms is quite a bit less when you
factor in e.g. local inflation.
On 14/05/2015 07:08:49, Michael Eisen <mbei...@gmail.com> wrote:
It is true that distributing publication services locally would diminish the
risk of currency fluctuations affecting APC stability, but it does not
necessarily reduce costs for authors. I am sure, for example, that most authors
would be happier to pay APCs that varied +/- 25% around $1350 than they would a
fixed $2000.
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Heather Morrison <heather.morri...@uottawa.ca
[mailto:heather.morri...@uottawa.ca]> wrote:
In this post Jihane Salhab & I explain the impact of currency variations and
fluctuations on the APC model. PLOS ONE has been a good model for the past few
years in at least one respect: maintaining the APC of $1,350 USD with no price
increase over several years. However, if you happen to be paying in Euros, the
PLOS ONE APC rose 14% from March to December of 2014, or 23% from March 20,
2014 to March 20, 2015. In South Africa, the price increased 58% in the same
3-year period; in Brazil, the price increase was 77%.
For details and to view a table illustrating the PLOS ONE pricing in 8
currencies:
http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2015/05/13/how-a-flat-apc-with-no-price-increase-for-3-years-can-be-a-6-77-price-increase/
[http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2015/05/13/how-a-flat-apc-with-no-price-increase-for-3-years-can-be-a-6-77-price-increase/]
Any scholarly publishing system that involves cross-border payments, whether
demand side (subscriptions / payments) or supply side (APC, journal hosting or
other production services) has this disadvantage of pricing variability almost
everywhere. In this case, US payers benefit from the flat fee, but anytime an
APC is paid for a US scholar publishing in an international venue the same
pricing variations based on currency will apply. In contrast, any scholarly
publishing system that involves local payments (e.g. hosting of local journals,
paying local copyeditors and proofreaders) has the advantage of relative
pricing stability that comes with paying in the local currency.
Also on Sustaining the Knowledge Commons today: does the market economy really
work for social reality? Reflections on an interview with David Simon by Alexis
Calvé-Genest.
http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2015/05/13/market-economy-and-social-reality-a-pragmatic-view-from-a-well-known-author/
[http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2015/05/13/market-economy-and-social-reality-a-pragmatic-view-from-a-well-known-author/]
best,
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École des sciences de l'information / School of Information Studies
University of Ottawa
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