Academic journal costs

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Dear Loughborough 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

Loughborough University Freedom of Information, Loughborough University

Catherine Smethurst

Freedom of Information Officer

Rutland Building, Loughborough University Leics., LE11 3TU

 

Web: [1]http://www.lboro.ac.uk/

 

18 October 2019

 

Name: Stuart Lawson

Address: By email

 

Ref: FOI1894

 

Dear Mr Lawson,

 

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated 23
September 2019. 

 

The total spend with each publisher including VAT, was as follows:

 

Publisher 2016/17 17/18 18/19
Wiley £197,927.03 £201,488.95 £205,681.66
Springer £93,749.10 £96,021.73 £93,739.94
Elsevier £540,392.78 £551,200.63 £562,224.65
Taylor & Francis £216,138.44 £233,820.91 £241,388.73
Sage £106,751.00 £114,717.90 £120,019.81
Oxford University Press £32,457.24 £39,977.40 £42,935.45
Cambridge University Press £28,962.34 £28,314.91 £35,505.32
Nature Publishing Group £32,051.00 £34,576.00 £43,573.00
Royal Society of Chemistry £24,125.91 £24,795.40 £24,795.60
Institute of Physics Publishing £36,687.49 £36,167.88 £39,032.93

I hope this information is useful but if you require any further
assistance please do not hesitate to contact me. 

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

Catherine Smethurst

 

 

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Dear Catherine,

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