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SUBMITTER: Puehringer S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8211248 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Puehringer Stephan S Rath Johanna J Griesebner Teresa T
PloS one 20210617 6
This paper provides an institutional and empirical analysis of the highly concentrated market of academic publishing, characterized by over proportionally high profit margins for publishing companies. The availability of latest research findings is an important issue for researchers, universities and politicians alike. Open access (OA) publication provides a promising but also costly solution to overcome this problem. However, in this paper we argue that OA publication costs are an important, bu ...[more]