[GOAL] Re: Positive example: Springer

2015-05-27 Thread Heather Morrison
The percentage of OA articles is useful, but no guarantee against double dipping. Subscription publishers set the price. If your normal price increase would be about 5% (well above inflation, but typical in scholarly publishing), but you want to look like you're not double dipping, you can

[GOAL] Re: Positive example: Springer

2015-05-27 Thread brentier
Eric, What is the significance of 0.8% (83/10,429) ? What useful metrics can you draw from that ? Why would Springer deserve a kudo ? Just for transparency? What's new if it becomes clear that double-dipping means taking underfunded academic institutions for a ride ? Greetings, Bernard