Title |
Evaluating big deal journal bundles
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Published in |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, June 2014
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DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1403006111 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Theodore C. Bergstrom, Paul N. Courant, R. Preston McAfee, Michael A. Williams |
Abstract |
Large commercial publishers sell bundled online subscriptions to their entire list of academic journals at prices significantly lower than the sum of their á la carte prices. Bundle prices differ drastically between institutions, but they are not publicly posted. The data that we have collected enable us to compare the bundle prices charged by commercial publishers with those of nonprofit societies and to examine the types of price discrimination practiced by commercial and nonprofit journal publishers. This information is of interest to economists who study monopolist pricing, librarians interested in making efficient use of library budgets, and scholars who are interested in the availability of the work that they publish. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 47 | 22% |
United Kingdom | 27 | 13% |
Canada | 10 | 5% |
Australia | 6 | 3% |
Germany | 5 | 2% |
France | 4 | 2% |
Sweden | 3 | 1% |
Spain | 3 | 1% |
Ireland | 3 | 1% |
Other | 29 | 14% |
Unknown | 72 | 34% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 130 | 62% |
Scientists | 44 | 21% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 28 | 13% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 21 | 8% |
Germany | 6 | 2% |
Netherlands | 5 | 2% |
Spain | 5 | 2% |
United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
Canada | 3 | 1% |
Brazil | 2 | <1% |
Norway | 2 | <1% |
Japan | 2 | <1% |
Other | 10 | 4% |
Unknown | 220 | 79% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Librarian | 75 | 27% |
Researcher | 39 | 14% |
Other | 29 | 10% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 10% |
Student > Master | 25 | 9% |
Other | 62 | 22% |
Unknown | 23 | 8% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Social Sciences | 64 | 23% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 38 | 14% |
Computer Science | 32 | 11% |
Arts and Humanities | 18 | 6% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 18 | 6% |
Other | 80 | 29% |
Unknown | 30 | 11% |