14 August 2020
Scholastica has released their first report on “The State of Journal Production and Access“ among scholarly society and university publishers. The report details the results of a global survey of 63 individuals working with scholarly society and university publishers that manage and produce academic journals independently (i.e., not outsourced to a separate publisher) about how they are currently approaching journal production and access and their future priorities.
You can view “The State of Journal Production and Access 2020” report here. The full raw survey data set is also available here.
Among the main findings on the topic of journal production were:
- Less than half of publishers surveyed reported that they produce full-text XML files
- Most publishers surveyed did not include funder names or funder IDs in article metadata
- Publishers rated decreasing production time as their most important journal production priority over the next 3 years
In the area of journal access, survey highlights included:
- The majority of publishers reported that they currently utilize fully-OA journal models
- Publishers reported that they are prioritizing transitioning journals to OA
- The majority of publishers surveyed reported that they believe institutional subsidies/grants are the most viable options for funding fully-OA journals