Academic journal costs

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Dear Cranfield University,

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

foi, Cranfield University

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Dear Stuart Lawson,

Thank you for your request, dated 22 September, made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You requested information about

"the total amount paid to ................ publishers for academic journals"

Cranfield University has completed its search for the information requested and can confirm that we do hold information. Please find our response attached.

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Yours sincerely

Mary Betts-Gray

Mary Betts-Gray | Freedom of Information Officer | Cranfield University| Cranfield | Bedford | MK43 0AL | Tel: +44(0)1234 754331 | Fax: +44 (0)1234 751806 | E-mail: [Cranfield University request email]
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Dear Mary,

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