Dear colleagues, to complete the picture, here are some data about the APC expenditures to MPDI from the institutions, which contribute to the Open APC dataset:
http://treemaps.intact-project.org/apcdata/openapc/#publisher/MDPI%20AG/ Best, Dirk Am 13.09.16 13:03 schrieb Éric Archambault <eric.archamba...@science-metrix.com>: > > Shy-Kun > > Congratulations for your progress. I admire your resolve. Would be nice to > meet-up when I'll happen to be around, or should you come to Montreal. > > Cordially > > Eric > > Eric Archambault > 1science.com > Science-Metrix.com > +1-514-495-6505 x111 > > > On Sep 13, 2016, at 7:07 AM, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin <l...@mdpi.com> wrote: > > > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > MDPI Annual Report 2015 is available to downloaded: > > http://img.mdpi.org/data/annual-report-mdpi-2015.pdf > > > > According to our own statistical data (our scilit.net), MDPI is among > > the 20 largest journal publishers in 2015 as listed at our website > > http://sciforum.net/statistics/top-publishers-by-articles > > > > At our scilit.net, the DOI numbers registered or the papers published > > last month indicate that most recently in the month of August 2016, MDPI > > publishes more than Hindawi and PLoS and perhaps becomes the second > > largest OA publisher: > > #1 SpringerNature (BMC, SpringerOpen): 3556 > > #2 MDPI: 2028 > > #3 PLOS: 1928 > > #4 Hindawi: 1533 > > #5 Frontiers: 1204 > > > > You are welcome to visit our new headquarters office building we > > purchased. Our new address: St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel. This year > > we set up two offices in Europe: in Spain and Serbia, see: > > http://www.mdpi.com/about for more details. We are growing. > > > > Best regards, > > Shu-Kun > > > > -- > > Dr. Shu-Kun Lin > > President of MDPI > > Postal address: MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4020 Basel, Switzerland > > Office Location: St. Alban-Anlage 66, CH-4052 Basel, Switzerland > > Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 (office); Fax +41 61 302 8918 > > Mobile: +41 79 322 3379; Skype: mdpibasel-lin > > E-mail: l...@mdpi.com > > Company homepage: http://www.mdpi.com > > My homepage: http://www.mdpi.org/lin > > > >> On 08.08.2016 14:01, Heather Morrison wrote: > >> Thank you, Dietrich Rordorf. > >> > >> To clarify, this is a limitation of the study, not an assumption. > >> That is, I only note the price per journal, but do not assume that > >> this is the only relevant variable to understanding the impact of the > >> APC. > >> > >> The APC study in brief is a longitudinal study of the APC list prices > >> of a large sample of journals whose publishers have been included in > >> DOAJ. There are other aspects of the APC that could be (or are being) > >> usefully addressed by other researchers, such as what payers are > >> actually paying, hybrid journals, quantity and qualities of articles > >> published (qualities could include length, language, formats, linking > >> within articles), etc. If anyone has time and energy to conduct > >> research in this area, there is plenty of work. > >> > >> best, > >> > >> Heather Morrison > >> > >> > >> -------- Original message -------- From: Dietrich Rordorf > >> <drord...@gmail.com> Date: 08-08-2016 1:48 AM (GMT-05:00) To: "Global > >> Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)" <goal@eprints.org> Subject: > >> Re: [GOAL] MDPI APCs 2011 - 2016 > >> > >> Dear Dr. Morrison, > >> > >> I think that you make a very strong assumption of equal distribution > >> of journal sizes, which to me does not hold up to a reality check. > >> Because of this the "average" APC you compute is three to four times > >> lower compared to what authors/institutions actually pay to MDPI per > >> paper in average. > >> > >> To complete your history of APC changes, you may also want to > >> consider the following websites (or their archived counterparts, in > >> case they are taken offline): > >> > >> http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2011 (http://weblock.io/8E4P1NWIOG) > >> http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2012 (http://weblock.io/RO6RKQRHM6) > >> http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2013 (http://weblock.io/8E4P1NNIQ4) > >> http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2014 (http://weblock.io/YVLDG6ZHR1) > >> http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2015 (http://weblock.io/3YK2L6RUWD) > >> http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc-2016 (http://weblock.io/6Z4WKM6B2) > >> > >> Kind regards, Dietrich Rordorf > >> > >> E-mail: drord...@gmail.com <mailto:drord...@gmail.com > >> <drord...@gmail.com>> Tel. +41 76 > >> 561 41 83 > >> > >> 2016-07-29 16:58 GMT+02:00 Heather Morrison > >> <heather.morri...@uottawa.ca <mailto:heather.morri...@uottawa.ca > >> <heather.morri...@uottawa.ca>>>: > >> > >> A preliminary version of our MDPI APC longitudinal study is now > >> available: > >> https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2016/07/29/mdpi-apc-fdp-2011-2016/ > > <https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2016/07/29/mdpi-apc-fdp-2011-2016/> > >> > >> In brief > >> > >> MDPI is a new commercial publisher committed to the APC model, with a > >> not uncommon approach of free publication for new journals. Thanks to > >> Solomon and Björk, we have APC data for 25 journals for both 2011 and > >> 2016. The average APC for this group of journals increased from 624 > >> CHF in 2011 to 1,148 CHF in 2016, an average increase of 524 CHF or > >> an 84% price increase in contrast to a compound U.S. inflation rate > >> during this time frame of 8.7% (EU would have been lower). > >> > >>> From 2014 to 2015, MDPI journals either stayed at the same APC or > >> lowered their price. From 2015 to 2016, all journals either stayed > >> the same in price or increased in price, with the average increase > >> 18% or 60 CHF. > >> > >> As of March 2016, MDPI listed 155 journals on their website. Of > >> these, almost half (72) are <<free>>. The average APC is 359 CHF (662 > >> CHF when non-charging journals are excluded). > >> > >> This small case study illustrates the importance for APC payers to > >> take this model into account to predict future budget needs. MDPI’s > >> overall average APC today is a fraction of the average charged for a > >> sample of established journals. > >> > >> Note that for purposes of the Sustaining the Knowledge Commons > >> project, APC journals that are <<free for now>> are categorized as > >> APC journals with APC of $0, to avoid confusion with journals that > >> are not committed to the APC approach. > >> > >> Thanks to Tanoh Laurent Kakou for data analysis. > >> > >> best, > >> > >> -- Dr. Heather Morrison Assistant Professor École des sciences de > >> l'information / School of Information Studies University of Ottawa > >> http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html > >> <http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html> Sustaining the > >> Knowledge Commons http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/ > >> <http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/> heather.morri...@uottawa.ca > >> <mailto:heather.morri...@uottawa.ca <heather.morri...@uottawa.ca>> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list > >> GOAL@eprints.org <mailto:GOAL@eprints.org <GOAL@eprints.org>> > >> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > >> <http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list > >> GOAL@eprints.org > >> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > > > > _______________________________________________ > > GOAL mailing list > > GOAL@eprints.org > > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > -- Dirk Pieper Bielefeld UL - Deputy Director www.uni-bielefeld.de base-search.net
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