Academic journal costs

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Dear Staffordshire 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

foiemail, Staffordshire University

Dear Sir/Madam,

We acknowledge receipt of your request for information. This is currently receiving our attention.

We will endeavour to provide a response within the 20 working days permitted under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Regards,

Staffordshire University

 

 
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Dear Staffordshire University,

The response to my request is overdue. Could you assure me that it is being dealt with please?

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Lawson

foiemail, Staffordshire University

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your email.

We can confirm that your request is currently being reviewed by our teams and we will endeavour to provide a response as soon as possible.

Regards,

Staffordshire University

 
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foiemail, Staffordshire University

Dear Sir/Madam,

Further to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. We write to confirm that we do not subscribe resources from the listed publishers and therefore have no information to disclose.

Regards,

Staffordshire University

 
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Dear Staffordshire University,

Thank you for your response.

On the library webpages it lists Sage and ScienceDirect (i.e. Elsevier) http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/az.php?a=s as available resources. On this page - http://rh5pp9fz2b.search.serialssolution... - Royal Society of Chemistry, Sage, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Oxford Journals (Oxford University Press), Cambridge Journals (Cambridge University Press), and Elsevier (ScienceDirect) are listed. Are you sure that the library has paid no money to these publishers in 2017, 2018, or 2019?

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Lawson

foiemail, Staffordshire University

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your email.

We have been advised by the team that a final response will be sent out to you in due course once they have finalised their review.

We have notified the team of your response and they will revert back as soon as possible.

Regards,

Staffordshire University
 

 
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Dear Staffordshire University,

I'm still waiting for the results of your review. For your information, the collated data from all institutions that have responded is available here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3659970

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Lawson

foiemail, Staffordshire University

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your email.

We have been chasing the publishers for the requested information and so far we have received the following:

Taylor & Francis: 2017 - £60,401.11; 2018 - £68,156.36; 2019 - £44,053.02
Wiley: 2017 - £33,570.00; 2018 - £33,835.87; 2019 - £36,029.28

Please note that we have yet to receive information from the following publishers listed below:

Springer*
Elsevier
Sage
Oxford University Press
Cambridge University Press
Nature Publishing Group*
Royal Society of Chemistry
Institute of Physics Publishing

Regards,

Staffordshire University

 
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