Academic journal costs

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Dear University of St Andrews,

Please publish the total amount paid to the following publishers:

Nature Publishing Group
Royal Society of Chemistry
Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP)

for academic journals in each of the last five years (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014).

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 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, and 2013/14.

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 include payment for journal packages such as Jisc Collections agreements, as well as payments for individual journals. Please include VAT where possible; it would be useful if you could state whether or not figures include VAT.

Please do not include payments for other products from the same companies which are not academic journals, for example books.

Yours faithfully,

Stuart Lawson

Freedom of Information, University of St Andrews

Dear Mr Lawson

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, Our Ref:   120-15

 

Thank you for your email below of 17 May 2015 in which you requested the
amount paid to three specified publishers: Nature Publishing Group; Royal
Society of Chemistry; and Institute of Physics Publishing.

 

The University will endeavour to respond to your request as quickly as
possible. In any event you will receive a response within the time set for
compliance, as prescribed in section 10 of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002.

It may prove necessary for the University to seek further clarification
from you, to assist it to identify and locate the information you seek. If
this is the case either I or another colleague would write to seek that
clarification. If clarification is required we will seek this at the
earliest opportunity.

 

In the meantime should you have any questions about your information
request please do not hesitate to contact me. If possible can you please
quote Ref 120-15 in any communications.

                                                  

Yours sincerely,

 

 

June

 

 

JUNE WEIR

FOI Officer

University of St Andrews

Butts Wynd, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AJ

 

T: +44(0)1334 462776

The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: SC013532

 

 

 

 

 

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Freedom of Information, University of St Andrews

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Dear Mr Lawson,

 

I refer to your request for information below under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and attach the University’s response.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

June

 

 

JUNE WEIR

FOI Officer

University of St Andrews

Butts Wynd, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AJ

 

T: +44(0)1334 462776

The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: SC013532

 

 

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Dear June,

Thanks very much for this information.

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Lawson