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

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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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