The drawbacks of 'gold', the advantages of 'green'

Wouter Gerritsma, WageningenUR Library

Publication output in NL and RoW

Scopus Art. Rev. & Let. WoS Art. Rev. & Let.

World NL World NL

2013 1,956,334 42,629 1,491,062 39,160

2012 1,870,334 41,218 1,368,277 37,620

2011 1,791,824 38,210 1,292,690 35,118

2010 1,673,252 36,017 1,292,690 27,789

NL share: 2.2% 2.6%

Rise of Gold #OpenAccess in NL (based on WoS)

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All Open Access publication types deposited in Narcis in 2012

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Preprint 

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Article Processing Charges in 2013 for WoS covered articles – feb 2014

3314 articles in journals with APC

●Average APC in paid journals € 1220 (ex. VAT)

404 articles in journals without APC

Average APC overall € 1087 (ex. VAT)

Costs on Open Access Article Processing Charges (APC)

2013 spending on WoS covered –gold- OA articles

●4384 articles @ € 1087 = € 4.7 M (ex. VAT)

Who picks up the bill?

Who picks up the bill?

Who picks up the bill?

In a 100% Golden Open Access Dutch world

NL publishes about 45,000 articles, reviews & letters

NL universities 86% * NL authorship 66% = 25,542

25,542 articles * € 1087,- APC = € 27,7 M

To make 86% * 2.2% of world output gold OA

Current spending for all Dutch universities on annual subscription costs € 34 M

Publishing & subscription costs amount ~ € 61.7 M

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