Academic journal costs

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Dear Middlesex 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

John Gilchrist, Middlesex University

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Dear Mr Lawson,

 

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Dear Mr Lawson,

 

Please see attached the response to your FOI request made on 28 September
2019.

 

Best wishes,

John

 

John Gilchrist

Data Protection Officer

 

Middlesex University

The Burroughs

Hendon

London NW4 4BT

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W: [2]mdx.ac.uk

 

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Dear John,

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

In my original request I asked for separate figures for Springer journals and Nature journals, rather than a combined one. I'll only be able to add these to the completed spreadsheet when they are disaggregated, so would you be able to provide separate figures for me please?

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Lawson

John Gilchrist, Middlesex University

Please note I am out of the office on annual leave until Monday 2 March.

 

I will respond to your message as soon as possible on my return.

Thanks, John.