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United States Open Access Journal Publishing 2023-2027

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  • 86 Pages
  • October 2023
  • Region: United States
  • SIMBA Information
  • ID: 5129992

This report explains the origins of the open access movement, gives a timeline for its development, but most importantly, the analyst quantifies open access’ position as a fast growing subsegment of scholarly journal publishing. The analyst used the information it gathered through primary and secondary research to develop a financial outlook for open access journal publishing including leading competitors’ performance through 2023 and market projections through 2027. This research was conducted in conjunction with a larger study of the overall market for scholarly and professional publishing.

Open Access Journal Publishing 2023-2027 contains separate chapters covering the market, key competitors, and issues and forecast that include:

  • The analyst's exclusive analysis of market size and structure
  • Revenue and market share rankings of 10 leading global publishers
  • Title and article growth metrics
  • A breakdown of players in the open access ecosystem including public and private research funders.
  • A breakdown of open access publishing in key geographic regions: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World
  • The analyst’s exclusive market projections to 2027 and more.

Publishers and investment professionals can trust Open Access Journal Publishing 2023-2027 to provide the inside intelligence needed to evaluate growth potential, understand trends affecting the industry, and size up the competition.

  • Examples of some of the issues discussed include:
  • The impact of policy shifts in the U.S. to mandate immediate OA
  • The acceleration of transformative agreements
  • Meeting the challenge of research integrity
  • Evolving models, new sources of funding
  • Opportunities in open data and preprints
  • Global R&D Spending forecast.

Open Access Journal Publishing 2023-2027 is an essential tool for publishing executives, M&A advisors, market analysts, and industry consultants who need to understand the business strategies driving the scholarly and professional publishing industry.

Table of Contents

METHODOLOGY
  • DEFINITION OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL PUBLISHING
  • SCOPE OF THE REPORT
  • SOURCES OF INFORMATION
  • METHODOLOGY FOR PROJECTING/ESTIMATING RESULTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • WHAT IS OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING?
  • KEY FACTS & TRENDS
  • Open Access Sales Reach $1.8 billion in 2022
  • Open Access Has 15% of the Journal Market Share, Center of Conversation
  • Millions of Open Access Articles Published, Growing 15% Per Annum
  • Normalization of Research Outputs
  • Research & Development Spending Maintains Strong Outlook
  • Plan S Falling Short of Journal Transition Goals
  • Research Integrity a Rising Challenge
CHAPTER 1: OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL MARKET
  • INTRODUCTION
  • KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN OPEN ACCESS
  • Internet, Economics Launch Open Access Movement
  • Plan S Takes Aim at Hybrid Journal Model
  • Biden Changes US Open Access Policy
  • OPEN ACCESS DEFINITIONS AND PUBLISHING MODELS
  • Open Access Journals
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Hybrid
  • Diamond
  • Bronze
  • Megajournals
  • Article Processing Charges (APCs)
  • Institutional Memberships
  • THE OPEN ACCESS ECOSYSTEM
  • Public Funding Agencies
  • National Institutes of Health
  • European Research Council
  • UK Research and Innovation
  • The Wellcome Trust
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
  • Institutional Mandates
  • MARKET SIZE
  • Table 1-1. Open Access Journal Market by Metric, 2020-2022
  • Table 1-2. Research Outputs on Science Direct, 2019-2022
  • APC Journal Revenue
  • Direct Support
  • Premium Services
  • Memberships
  • Transformative Agreements
  • Table 1-3. Largest Transformative Agreements by Number of Publications Covered
  • Other Measures of Market Size
  • OPEN ACCESS BY DISCIPLINE
  • Medical & Biosciences
  • Scientific & Technical
  • Figure 1-1. OA Journal Revenue, Share by Academic Discipline, 2022
  • Social Science and Humanities (SSH)
  • Figure 1-2. Open Access Journal Titles by Subject Area 2023
  • OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING BY GEOGRAPHY
  • Figure 1-3. Leading Nations Publishing Output, Open Access vs. Non-Open Access Articles, 2022
  • North America
  • Figure 1-4. Open Access Journals vs. Non-Open Access Journals by Regional Geography, 2022
  • Europe
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Figure 1-5. Leading Nations Percentage of Open Access to Articles Published, 2022
  • Rest of the World
  • Language
  • Figure 1-6. Breakdown of Academic Scholarly Journals (Peer Review, English, Open Access) 2023
CHAPTER 2: LEADING OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL PUBLISHERS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • LEADING OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL PUBLISHERS
  • Figure 2-1. Leading OA Journal Publishers by Market Share, 2022
  • Table 2-1. Leading Open Access Journal Publishers’ Revenue, 2020-2022
  • SPRINGER NATURE
  • Company Overview
  • Recent Company Performance
  • Open Access Strategy
  • Table 2-2. Most Cited Journals, 2022
  • ELSEVIER
  • Company Overview
  • Recent Company Performance
  • Open Access Strategy
  • Table 2-3. Leading Publishers by Titles in the Directory of Open Journals 2023
  • MDPI AG
  • Company Overview
  • Table 2-4. Top-Cited Journals in Chemistry & Materials Science, 2022
  • Recent Company Performance
  • Open Access Strategy
  • JOHN WILEY & SONS
  • Company Overview
  • Table 2-5. Most Active Peer Reviewed Open Access Journal Titles 2023
  • Recent Company Performance
  • Open Access Strategy
  • FRONTIERS
  • Company Overview
  • Recent Company Performance
  • Table 2-6. Top-Cited Journals in Neuroscience, 2022
  • Open Access Strategy
  • IEEE
  • Company Overview
  • Table 2-7. Top-Cited Journals in Engineering, 2022
  • Recent Company Performance
  • Open Access Strategy
  • INFORMA PLC
  • Company Overview
  • Recent Company Performance
  • Open Access Strategy
  • SAGE PUBLISHING
  • Company Overview
  • Recent Company Performance
  • Open Access Strategy
  • PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE (PLOS)
  • Company Overview
  • Recent Company Performance
  • Open Access Strategy
  • WOLTERS KLUWER
  • Company Overview
  • Recent Company Performance
  • Open Access Strategy
  • OTHER NOTABLE PUBLISHERS
  • De Gruyter
  • Oxford University Press
  • Table 2-8. Top-Cited Journals in Health Professions, 2022
  • American Chemical Society
  • Table 2-9. Leading Journal Publishers by Average Citation per Article, 2022
  • MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS IN THE OA JOURNAL MARKET
  • Table 2-10. OA Journal Publishing M&A Activity, 2021-2022
  • Table 2-11. OA Journal Publishing M&A Activity, 2022-2023
CHAPTER 3: TRENDS & FORECAST
  • INTRODUCTION
  • TRENDS IN OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING
  • Plan S Falling Short of Journal Transition Goals
  • Figure 3-1 Authorship Choices by Academic Field, 2020
  • Research Integrity a Rising Challenge
  • Wiley’s Hindawi Stumble is a Wake-Up Call
  • Clarivate Drops Titles from Web of Science
  • Normalization of Research Outputs
  • Research & Development Spending Maintains Strong Outlook
  • Table 3-1. Research & Development Spending Forecast by Country, 2023-2027 ($ in billions)
  • Library Budgets Remain Stretched
  • APCs and Inflation
  • Drive for New Sources of OA funding
  • Preprints Rise in Importance
  • Open Data Ripe for Publishers
  • Non-Open Access Journals Garner Slightly More Citations per Paper
  • Figure 3-2. Non-Open Access Journals, Documents, Citations, 2022
  • Figure 3-3. Open Access Journals, Documents, & Citations, 2022
  • Peer Review Most Prevalent in Open Access Journals
  • Figure 3-4. Prevalence of Peer Review in All Journals vs. Open Access vs. English-Non-English, 2023
  • OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING FORECAST
  • GDP Growth Projected to Slow in North America and Europe
  • Table 3-2. World GDP Projected Growth by Region, 2023-2027
  • Market Forecast
  • Table 3-3. Open Access Journal Forecast by Metric, 2023-2027
  • Forecast Leading Publishers
  • Table 3.4. Leading OA Journal Publishers Forecast, 2022-2023P ($ in millions)

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Companies Mentioned

  • American Chemical Society
  • De Gruyter
  • Elsevier
  • Frontiers
  • IEEE
  • Informa plc
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • MDPI AG
  • Oxford University Press
  • Public Library of Science (Plos)
  • Sage Publishing
  • Springer Nature
  • Wolters Kluwer

Methodology

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