Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020

Published: October 3, 2016 - 62 Pages

Methodology
Executive Summary
Open Access Journal Market
- Introduction
- Origins of a Movement
- Timeline
  - Table Timeline of Open Access Publishing, 2000 - 2004
  - Table Timeline of Open Access Publishing, 2005 - 2012
  - Table Timeline of Open Access Publishing, 2013 - 2016
- Open Access Definitions & Publishing Models
  - Open Access Journals
  - Gold
  - Green
  - Hybrid
  - Megajournals
  - Article Processing Charges/Author Processing Charges (APC)
  - Other Sources of Support for OA Articles
- The Open Access Ecosystem
  - Public Funding Agencies
  - National Institutes of Health
  - European Research Council
  - Research Councils UK
  - The Wellcome Trust
  - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  - Institutional Mandates
- Market Size
  - APC Journals Revenue
    - Table Open Access Publishing Market by Various Metrics, 2013-2015
  - Other Journals OA Revenue
  - Other Measures of Market Size
- Open Access by Discipline
  - Medical
  - Scientific & Technical
  - Social Science & Humanities
- Open Access Publishing by Geography
  - North America
  - Europe
  - Asia-Pacific
  - Rest of the World
  - Language
Leading Open Access Journal Publishers & Repositories
- Introduction
  - Table Leading Open Access Publishers Share, 2015
- Leading Open Access Journal Publishers
- Springer Nature
  - Company Overview
  - Recent Company Performance
  - Open Access Strategy
    - Table Leading Open Access Publishers, 2013-2015 ($ in millions1)
- Public Library of Science (PLOS)
  - Competitor Overview
  - Recent Company Performance
  - Open Access Strategy
- John Wiley & Sons
  - Company Overview
  - Recent Company Performance
  - Open Access Strategy
- Hindawi
  - Company Overview
  - Recent Company Performance
  - Open Access Strategy
- RELX Group/Elsevier
  - Company Overview
  - Recent Company Performance
  - Open Access Strategy
- Holtzbrinck-Frontiers
  - Company Overview
  - Recent Company Performance
  - Open Access Strategy
- MDPI AG
  - Competitor Overview
  - Recent Company Performance
  - Open Access Strategy
- Wolters Kluwer (including Medknow)
  - Company Overview
  - Recent Company Performance
  - Open Access Strategy
- Informa Cogent
  - Company Overview
  - Recent Company Performance
  - Open Access Strategy
- Oxford University Press
  - Company Overview
  - Recent Company Performance
  - Open Access Strategy
- Others in the Hunt
- Open Access Repositories (Green Archives) &Other Platforms
  - Table Notable Open Access Repositories
- Academia.edu
- arXiv
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- CiteSeerX
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard
- PubMed Central
- Redalyc
- ResearchGate
- SciELO
- SSRN (Social Sciences Research Network)
- Mergers & Acquisitions in Open Access Journal Publishing Market
  - Table Notable Open Access Publishing M&A Activity, 2008 -2016
Issues Facing Open Access Journal Publishing & Forecast
- Introduction
- Issues Facing Open Access Publishing
  - Open Access Business Practices Continue To Evolve
  - APC Pricing Is an Issue for Editorial Boards
  - The Librarian Complaint Is Double Dipping
  - Despite Objections, APCs Will Continue to Rise
  - Leading OA Publishers Branded as Predatory
  - Every OA Publisher Has Faced a Credibility Problem
  - Peer Review Is a Particular Target for Criticism
  - Some Publishers Work Towards Greater Transparency
  - Going OA Is Not a Magic Bullet
  - Major Publishers Have the Potential of Transforming OA Publishing
  - More Journals Are Being Converted from Subscription to Open Access
  - Has Megajournals Growth Stalled?
- Open Access Publishing Forecast
  - Introduction
    - Table Open Access Journal Forecast by Metric, 2016P-2020P
  - World Economy & Exchange Rates
  - Open Access Will Capture a Significant Share of Emerging Market Research
  - Authors Will Better Understand the Good and Bad of OA Journals
  - Mandates Will Increase & They Will Work
  - OA Articles Published Per Year Will Continue to Grow
  - The Humanities & Social Science Will Be Accommodated
  - APCs Will Continue to Rise
- Forecast of Leading Publishers
  - Table Leading Open Access Journal Publishers, 2015-2016P ($ in millions)

Abstract

Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020

In today’s global market, it’s more important than ever to understand the changing dynamics of academic publishing. Rely on Simba Information’s report, Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020, to build your growth plan around the academic publishing industry's relationship with open access publishing for this year and beyond. Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020 explains the origins of the open access movement and gives a timeline for its development. Most importantly, Simba Information quantifies open access’ position as a fast growing sub-segment within the niche industry that is academic publishing. Simba used the information it gathered through primary and secondary research to develop a financial outlook for open access journal publishing, including leading competitors’ performance through 2015 and market projections through 2020. This research was conducted in conjunction with a larger study of the overall market interested in how textbook publishers in higher education approach open access journals within the academic publishing industry.