Academic journal costs
Dear University of Strathclyde,
For the years 2017, 2018, and 2019, please publish the total amount paid to each of the following publishers for academic journals:
Wiley
Springer*
Elsevier
Taylor & Francis
Sage
Oxford University Press
Cambridge University Press
Nature Publishing Group*
Royal Society of Chemistry
Institute of Physics Publishing
I understand that your expenditure records may be held in academic financial years rather than calendar years. If so, I am happy for the response to be provided in the same format, with figures for 2016/17, 2017/18, and 2018/19. Although 2019 has not ended yet, my understanding is that payments for access to journals for 2019 are likely to have all been made by now.
The figures should include payments made directly to the publishers as well as any payments made to subscription agents or intermediaries for the purchase of, and/or access to, the publishers' academic journals. They should also include payment for journal packages such as Jisc Collections agreements, as well as for individual journals. Please include VAT where possible, and indicate whether or not figures include VAT.
* Although Springer Nature is the parent company for these two publishers, my understanding is that Springer journals and Nature journals are still paid for separately, so I think it makes sense to regard these as two different publishers with different expenditure amounts.
Yours faithfully,
Stuart Lawson
Dear Mr Lawson,
FOI Request Reference – 2019/242
Thank you for your email below requesting information under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
The University acknowledges receipt of this request and will respond as
soon as possible and within 20 working days of the day your request was
received. You will hear back from us by 18 October 2019 at the latest.
The Information Governance Unit will contact you if we require any further
information.
Yours sincerely,
Information Governance Unit
University of Strathclyde
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The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, number SC015263
Dear University of Strathclyde,
For the years 2017, 2018, and 2019, please publish the total amount paid
to each of the following publishers for academic journals:
Wiley
Springer*
Elsevier
Taylor & Francis
Sage
Oxford University Press
Cambridge University Press
Nature Publishing Group*
Royal Society of Chemistry
Institute of Physics Publishing
I understand that your expenditure records may be held in academic
financial years rather than calendar years. If so, I am happy for the
response to be provided in the same format, with figures for 2016/17,
2017/18, and 2018/19. Although 2019 has not ended yet, my understanding is
that payments for access to journals for 2019 are likely to have all been
made by now.
The figures should include payments made directly to the publishers as
well as any payments made to subscription agents or intermediaries for the
purchase of, and/or access to, the publishers' academic journals. They
should also include payment for journal packages such as Jisc Collections
agreements, as well as for individual journals. Please include VAT where
possible, and indicate whether or not figures include VAT.
* Although Springer Nature is the parent company for these two publishers,
my understanding is that Springer journals and Nature journals are still
paid for separately, so I think it makes sense to regard these as two
different publishers with different expenditure amounts.
Yours faithfully,
Stuart Lawson
References
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Dear Mr Lawson,
FOI Request Reference – 2019/242
Thank you for your email of 21 September 2019 requesting information under
the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Please find the University’s response attached.
Yours sincerely,
Information Governance Unit
University of Strathclyde
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The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, number SC015263
References
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Dear University of Strathclyde,
Thank you very much for providing this data. For your information, the collated data from all institutions is available here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3659970
Yours sincerely,
Stuart Lawson
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