The State of the Scholarly Journal Publishing Industry in 2000

Albert N. Greco ()
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Albert N. Greco: Fordham University

Chapter Chapter 3 in The Strategic Marketing of Science, Technology, and Medical Journals, 2023, pp 31-46 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract By 2000, scientific, technical, and medical (STM) journal publishing was a well-established component of the entire academic and research sector publishing high quality and “must have, need to know information” journals with high citation impact indices for an expanding number of universities, research centers, academics, researchers, and students. STM journals traditionally required paid annual subscriptions; and many libraries complained about the high subscription fees causing a “serials crisis” for hard-pressed libraries. The development of the internet sparked interest in preprints, digital journals, hybrid journals, and gold OA journals. And many publishers “bundled” a cluster of journals, a procedure called the “big deal,” which sparked a backlash. However, overall, the future looked rather promising for STM publishers at the start of the twenty-first century.

Keywords: Paid subscriptions journals; Hybrid journals; “Big deal”; Article publishing (processing) charges APCs Preprints; Open Access OA; Academic libraries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-31964-8_3

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