Open Access Journal Publishing Market 2016-2020: Leading Open Access Journal Publishers & Repositories & Issues Facing Open Access Journal Publishing & Forecast - Research and Markets

DUBLIN, Apr. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020" report to their offering.

In today's global market, it's more important than ever to understand the changing dynamics of academic publishing. Rely on Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020 to build your growth plan for this year and beyond.

This report explains the origins of the open access movement, gives a timeline for its development, but most importantly, the research quantifies open access' position as a fast growing subsegment of scholarly journal publishing. The report uses the information 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 for scholarly and professional publishing.

Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020 contains separate chapters covering the market, key competitors, and issues and forecast that include:

- Exclusive analysis of market size and structure
- Revenue and market share rankings of 10 leading global publishers
- Title and article growth metrics
- A profile of the top ten open access repositories
- A breakdown open access publishing in key geographic regions: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World
- A discussion of the market for non-English-language open access publishing
- Analysis of mergers and acquisitions
- Exclusive market projections to 2020 and more

Examples of some of the issues discussed include:

- The future of open access megajournals
- The impact of open access in social science and humanities
- Examination of green, gold and hybrid models
- Open access, peer review and questions of credibility
- The impact on smaller publishers
- Long-term implications for costs across the OA ecosystem

Key Topics Covered:

Chapter 1: Open Access Publishing Market

• Origins of a Movement
• Timeline
• Open Access Definitions & Publishing Models
• Open Access Journals
• Gold
• Green
• Hybrid
• Megajournals
• Article Processing Charges
• Other Sources of Support for OA Articles
• The Open Access Ecosystem
• Public Funding Agencies
• National Institutes of Health
• Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020
• European Research Council
• Research Councils UK
• The Wellcome Trust
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Institutional Mandates
• Market Size
• APC Journals Revenue
• Other Journals OA Revenue
• Other Measures of Market Size
• Open Access by Discipline
• Medical
• Scientific & Technical
• Social Science & Humanities
• Open Access by Geography
• Language

Chapter 2: Leading Open Access Journal Publishers & Repositories

• Introduction
• Leading Open Access Publishers
• Springer Nature
• Company Overview
• Recent Company Performance
• Open Access Publishing Strategy
• Public Library of Science (PLOS)
• Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020
• Competitor Overview

Chapter 3: 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
• Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020
• 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
• World Economy & Exchange Rates
• Open Access Will Capture a Significant Share of Emerging Market Research
• Authors Will Better Understand the Good & Bad of OA Journals
• Mandates Will Increase & They Will Work
• OA Articles Published Per Year Will Continue to Grow
• The Humanities & Social Sciences Will Be Accommodated
• APCs Will Continue to Rise
• Forecast of Leading Publishers

Companies Mentioned

• Academia.edu
• arXiv
• Chinese Academy of Sciences
• CiteSeerX
• Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard
• Hindawi
• Holtzbrinck (including Frontiers)
• Informa Cogent 
• John Wiley & Sons
• MDPI AG 
• Oxford University Press
• PubMed Central
• Public Library of Science (PLOS)
• REXL Group/Elsevier
• Redalyc
• ResearchGate
• SciELO
• Springer Nature
• Wolters Kluwer (including Medknow)

For more information about this report visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bnfr4l/open_access

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