This does not explain why, when the papers where freely available online, we observed an increase in usage for Publishers’ web sites… Laurent
> Le 22 oct. 2015 à 15:57, Wise, Alicia (ELS-OXF) <a.w...@elsevier.com> a écrit > : > > Because the journals in the PEER study used publisher-set embargo periods… > > - Alicia > > From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf Of > David Prosser > Sent: 22 October 2015 14:42 > To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) > Subject: [GOAL] Re: BLOG: Unlocking Research 'Half-life is half the story' > > > Marc’s post reminds me that there was the EC-funded, STM-run PEER project > that attempted to do exactly this comparison: > > http://www.stm-assoc.org/public-affairs/resources/peer/ > <http://www.stm-assoc.org/public-affairs/resources/peer/> > > One of the aims of PEER was to discover the effect of Green OA on journal > viability - for the journals that took part there were no negative effects on > their viability. > > David > > On 22 Oct 2015, at 13:50, Couture Marc <marc.cout...@teluq.ca > <mailto:marc.cout...@teluq.ca>> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > What we would like to see here as evidence is something like what is being > done about open access to scholarly monographs: rigorous studies, involving > control groups and close monitoring, testing the effect of making a toll-free > copy available. > > I’m aware of two such studies, both made as part of the OAPEN initiative: one > in the Netherlands and one in the UK (still ongoing, but preliminary results > have been released). > > Interestingly, both found no measurable effect of toll-free availability on > the sales. The only “effect” of toll-free access is a tremendous increase of > use, as measured by summing the sales and the (much more numerous) downloads. > > Here also, fears that scholarly publishing is incompatible, or endangered by > OA were, and still are, regularly aired. > > It’s possible that things are not the same for journal publishing. But, > pending reliable results, we simply don’t know, and predictions as to a loss > of subscriptions are nothing but speculation (or hypotheses). > > For details: > http://www.oapen.nl/images/attachments/article/58/OAPEN-NL-final-report.pdf > <http://www.oapen.nl/images/attachments/article/58/OAPEN-NL-final-report.pdf> > and > http://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/wp-uploads/2014/07/JACKSON-Oxford-OA-Monographs-June-2014.pdf > > <http://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/wp-uploads/2014/07/JACKSON-Oxford-OA-Monographs-June-2014.pdf> > > Marc Couture > > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org <mailto:GOAL@eprints.org> > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > <http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal> > > > Elsevier Limited. Registered Office: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, > Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom, Registration No. 1982084, > Registered in England and Wales. > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal Laurent Romary INRIA laurent.rom...@inria.fr
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