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Investing monopoly power by large publishers in the open access journal market

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K01663
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 07040:Economic policy-related
Research InstitutionMeiji University

Principal Investigator

Asai Sumiko  明治大学, 政治経済学部, 専任教授 (00329476)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Keywordsオープンアクセス / 論文処理料 / 大手出版社 / 独占力行使 / ハイブリッドジャーナル / ゴールドオープンアクセスジャーナル / 転換契約 / 合併 / 減免措置 / 委託発行 / 独占力 / ジャーナル
Outline of Research at the Start

オープンアクセスジャーナル市場では、大手購読ジャーナルを多数保有する大手出版社の存在感が増している。本研究では、著者が支払うオープンアクセスジャーナルへの論文処理料の設定における大手出版社の独占力行使の有無を計量経済学の手法を用いて検証する。
また、近年では購読ジャーナルを出版していた学会や大学が、オープンアクセスジャーナルに切り替えるに際し、オープンアクセスジャーナルの出版社に発行を委託するケースが増えている。その委託の効果についても、時系列分析の手法を用いて分析する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Large publishers enlarge portfolios of open access journals through three strategies: the launch of new journals, mergers with other publishers, and partnering with research institutions. Consequently, they set higher article processing charges in the oligopolistic market. Moreover, manuscript submissions are insensitive to article processing charges, suggesting that publishers are able to easily raise them. The partnerships between research institutions and large publishers and authors’ choice of journals have led to financial barriers to publishing open access articles.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

オープンアクセスジャーナルは、購読価格の高騰の下で、研究成果の伝搬に欠かせない手段である。しかし、研究機関や著者の行動が、経済的負担の増加を招く一面があることが、本研究結果から示された。本研究の結果は、今後の健全なオープンアクセスの推進に当たっての一助となる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (14 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 13 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Determinants of manuscript submissions to fully open access journals: elasticity to article processing charges2024

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      Scientometrics

      Volume: 129 Issue: 3 Pages: 1687-1696

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11192-024-04934-3

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Choice of open access in Elsevier hybrid journals2024

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      Publishing Research Quarterly

      Volume: 40 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-10

    • DOI

      10.1007/s12109-024-09978-0

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Does double dipping occur? The case of Wiley's hybrid journals2023

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      Scientometrics

      Volume: 128 Issue: 9 Pages: 5159-5168

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11192-023-04800-8

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Which database with article processing charges should be used?2023

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      Scientometrics

      Volume: 128 Pages: 6293-6298

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Determinants of article processing charges for hybrid and gold open access journals2023

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      Information Discovery and Delivery

      Volume: 51 Issue: 2 Pages: 121-129

    • DOI

      10.1108/idd-09-2021-0098

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Authors' choice between parent and mirror journals of Elsevier2023

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      Learned Publishing

      Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Pages: 299-306

    • DOI

      10.1002/leap.1530

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Access patterns of electronic articles: The case study of Scientometrics2022

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      Publishing Research Quarterly

      Volume: 38 Issue: 2 Pages: 295-307

    • DOI

      10.1007/s12109-022-09887-0

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Strategies to increase open access journals: The case of Elsevier and Springer Nature2022

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      journal of Scholarly Publishing

      Volume: 53(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 75-84

    • DOI

      10.3138/jsp.53.2.02

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 論文公開手段としてのオープンアクセスジャーナルの有効性2022

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      カレントアウェアネス

      Volume: 351 Pages: 2-4

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] An analysis of revising article processing charges for open access journals between 2018 and 20202021

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      Learned Publishing

      Volume: 34(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 137-143

    • DOI

      10.1002/leap.1334

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report 2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Collaboration between research institutes and large and small publishers for publishing open access journals2021

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      Scientometrics

      Volume: 126(6) Issue: 6 Pages: 5242-5262

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11192-021-03949-4

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Author choice of journal type based on income level of country2021

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Scholarly Publishing

      Volume: 53(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 24-34

    • DOI

      10.3138/jsp.53.1.03

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Market power of publishers in setting article processing charges for open access journals2020

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      Scientometrics

      Volume: 123(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 1037-1049

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11192-020-03402-y

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The effect of collaboration with large publishers on the internationality and influence of open access journals for research institutions2020

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Journal Title

      Scientometrics

      Volume: 124(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 663-677

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11192-020-03426-4

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Book] オープンアクセスジャーナルの実証分析2023

    • Author(s)
      浅井澄子
    • Total Pages
      177
    • Publisher
      日本評論社
    • ISBN
      9784535540538
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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