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DOAJDOAJ and EZB: Working together for more visibility of information on publishing. A new collaboration will see DOAJ and EZB contribute to greater transparency in scholarly publishing, empowering authors with the information they need to make informed publishing decisions<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOAJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOAJ</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metadata</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transparency</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> All details at <a href="https://blog.doaj.org/2025/04/10/doaj-and-ezb-working-together-for-more-visibility-of-information-on-publishing/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.doaj.org/2025/04/10/doaj-and-ezb-working-together-for-more-visibility-of-information-on-publishing/</a>

Eric ScharesNew paper! We develop a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Bayesian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bayesian</a> statistical model to better predict future publishing counts by an institution w/ a particular publisher and the associated <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a>. This is important because any <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> negotiation depends heavily on the expected publication output.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24981" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24981</a>

Peter SuberHere's another piece that made it through peer review (at Oxford UP) falsely assuming that all <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OpenAccess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> journals charge <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23APCs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf092" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">doi.org/10.1093/ejct...</a> The author concludes that there is *not* too much OA, but only because APC discounts and waivers exist. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ScholComm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a> <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf092" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Too much of a good thing? Rede...</a>

petersuberUpdate. Here's another piece that made it through peer review (at Oxford UP) falsely assuming that all <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> journals charge <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf092" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf092</a>The author concludes that there is *not* too much OA, but only because APC discounts and waivers exist. Imagine how much she could have strengthened her argument by bringing in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DiamondOA</a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenOA</a>.<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a>

petersuber<a href="https://h4.io/@joshisanonymous" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@joshisanonymous</a> Bracketing the problem of deciding which journals are "prominent", we have a good answer from the Directory of Open Access Journals (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DOAJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOAJ</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/@DOAJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DOAJ</a>). As of today, it lists 21,452 <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> journals, of which 13,712 are <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DiamondOA</a> or charge no <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a>. Hence. 63.9% (≈ 64%) of DOAJ-listed journals charge no APCs.

petersuberUpdate. Here's another unrefereed letter to the editor (this time at Physics Today) falsely asserting that all <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> journals charge <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a>, effectively denying the existence and prevalence of no-APC OA (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DiamondOA</a>) journals , and failing to acknowledge the existence of OA repositories (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenOA</a>). <a href="https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/78/3/8/3337073/Open-access-for-reading-or-closed-access-for" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/78/3/8/3337073/Open-access-for-reading-or-closed-access-for</a>

Beate Rajski<a href="https://openbiblio.social/@obibJournal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@obibJournal</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/@bmittermaier" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bmittermaier</a> Danke für den Artikel! In den Bibliotheken sind wir wahrscheinlich überzeugt von den drei Schlussfolgerungen. Für die Kommunikation in die Hochschulen eine Herausforderung. Zu schnell wird die Diskussion auf <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a> reduziert. „Meine“ <a href="https://openbiblio.social/@tub" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tub</a> hat sich deshalb schon länger dafür entschieden, unter <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> finanzieren unsere drei Säulen im Sinne des <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/informationsbudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#informationsbudget</a> sichtbar zu machen: <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Publikationsfonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Publikationsfonds</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Transformationsvertr%C3%A4ge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transformationsverträge</a> & <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/diamondoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#diamondoa</a> <a href="https://www.tub.tuhh.de/publizieren/openaccess/finanzierung/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tub.tuhh.de/publizieren/openaccess/finanzierung/</a>

petersuberToday is the 23d birthday of the Budapest Open Access Initiative. <a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/</a>BOAI is still active and issued its 20th anniversary recommendations in 2022. <a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/</a>Unlike previous BOAI statements, which made many recommendations, the 20th anniversary statement deliberately focused on just a small number of top priorities:1. Adopting <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenInfrastructure</a> 2. Reforming <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ResearchAssessment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResearchAssessment</a> 3. Moving away from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a> 4. Moving away from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> agreements. I'm proud of my association with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BOAI</a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BOAI10</a>, and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BOAI20</a>.Happy <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ValentinesDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValentinesDay</a> to all who are working for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> worldwide.

petersuber<a href="https://neuromatch.social/@neuralreckoning" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@neuralreckoning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a> Sorry if you already know this. The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a> described <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenOA</a> policies. It required deposit in OA <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/repositories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#repositories</a>, not submission to OA <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/journals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journals</a>. Some publishers told authors that they'd have to pay <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a> to comply with the policy. But that was deception and spin. Compliance with the policy was always free of charge. When journals charge APCs to publish fed-funded research, it was to publish in those journals, not to comply with federal policy.

v_i_o_l_a"Assessing Opt-In Rates for Transformative Agreements" <a href="https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.69n1.8184" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.69n1.8184</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/TransformativeAgreements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TransformativeAgreements</a>

William DentonFrom "Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023" by Haustein et al.:"[We] estimate that, globally, a total of $8.349 billion ($8.968 billion in 2023 US dollars) were spent on APCs between 2019 and 2023."About $9 billion USD over five years.<a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Elsevier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Elsevier</a><a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.16551" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.16551</a>

Eric ScharesLooking forward to next week's CARL BRIC February Call. Leigh-Ann Butler and I will present the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ScholCommLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScholCommLab</a> 's open dataset of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a> and recent analysis paper.<a href="https://www.carl-abrc.ca/mini-site-page/carl-bibliometrics-and-research-impact-community-of-practice-february-call-a-dataset-and-bibliometric-approach-to-estimating-annual-article-processing-charges-for-six-scholarly-publishers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.carl-abrc.ca/mini-site-page/carl-bibliometrics-and-research-impact-community-of-practice-february-call-a-dataset-and-bibliometric-approach-to-estimating-annual-article-processing-charges-for-six-scholarly-publishers/</a>

petersuberNew study: "Current levels of implementation of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/transformative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transformative</a> agreements is insufficient to bring about a large-scale transition to full <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a>." <a href="https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00348" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00348</a> Reminder from the Budapest Open Access Initiative 20th anniversary statement, section 4.6: "Paying <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a> at hybrid journals [through these agreements] pays the journals to stay hybrid. It pays them to resist the conversion to full <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OA</a> that many institutions intend and predict when they enter the agreements." <a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BOAI20</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a>

petersuberNew study: "Our analysis demonstrates that research institutions seem to be ‘trapped’ in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/transformative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transformative</a> agreements [aka <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> agreements]. Instead of being a bridge towards a fully <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> world, academia is stuck in the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/hybrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hybrid</a> system." <a href="https://www.cwts.nl/seminars/announcements?article=n-t2s284&title=trapped-in-transformative-agreements-a-multifaceted-analysis-of-1000-contracts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cwts.nl/seminars/announcements?article=n-t2s284&title=trapped-in-transformative-agreements-a-multifaceted-analysis-of-1000-contracts</a>Reminder from the Budapest Open Access Initiative 20th anniversary statement, section 4.6: "Journals covered by [transformative or read-and-publish] agreements are…hybrid journals…Paying <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a> at hybrid journals [through these agreements] pays the journals to stay hybrid. It pays them to resist the conversion to full <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OA</a> that many institutions intend and predict when they enter the agreements." <a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BOAI20</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a>

petersuberNew study: "Undeclared [use of] <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> seems to appear in journals with higher citation metrics and higher article processing charges (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a>), precisely those outlets that should theoretically have the resources and expertise to avoid such oversights." <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15218" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15218</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Misconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Misconduct</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a>

petersuberWatching with interest:"While the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAPC</a> initiative has created an internationally recognized approach to the disclosure of funds in the area of publication fees [<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a>], there is still no such initiative for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/subscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#subscription</a> costs…Against this background, the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DFG</a> project <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Transform2Open" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transform2Open</a> [<a href="https://openbiblio.social/@Transform2Open" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Transform2Open</a>] is striving for a national <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transparency</a> initiative [in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Germany</a>] that addresses subscription as well as transformation and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> contracts." <a href="https://zenodo.org/records/14505423" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://zenodo.org/records/14505423</a>

petersuberUpdate. Here's yet another unrefereed editorial asserting that all <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> journals charge <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a> and failing to acknowledge the existence or prevalence of no-APC OA (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DiamondOA</a>) journals. <a href="https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(24)01080-6/fulltext" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(24)01080-6/fulltext</a>

petersuberUpdate. Here's another unrefereed editorial asserting that all <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> journals charge <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a>. <a href="https://journals.lww.com/jgpt/fulltext/2025/01000/editor_s_message__pay_to_publish,_or_perish__.1.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.lww.com/jgpt/fulltext/2025/01000/editor_s_message__pay_to_publish,_or_perish__.1.aspx</a>It never acknowledges the existence of no-APC (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DiamondOA</a>) journals or the 20+ year old fact that they far outnumber APC-based OA journals.

v_i_o_l_a"“Open Access APCs Are Already a Scam”: Knowledge and Opinions of Open Access and Article Processing Charges From Faculty at a Large Public University" @ Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication: <a href="https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.17647" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.17647</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a>

petersuberUpdate. Here's another piece that made it through peer review (Oxford U Press) documenting real problems caused by <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCs</a> but leaving the false impression that all or most <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> journals charge APCs. It's silent on the existence and prevalence of non-APC OA (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DiamondOA</a>) journals. <a href="https://academic.oup.com/ejcts/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ejcts/ezae447/7926881" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://academic.oup.com/ejcts/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ejcts/ezae447/7926881</a> (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/paywalled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paywalled</a>)

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