Benedikt Fecher talks about the path-dependence of academic value creation | OSFair2017 Workshop Workshop title: Open Access Models & Platforms Workshop overview: What are the emerging models of Open Access for publications? Who should be involved? How are costs distributed over the stakeholders involved? How can OA platforms innovate further to embrace Open Science? This workshop will discuss and showcase the range of models available, including their costs and organisational aspects, to discuss their relative strengths and weaknesses in different academic contexts. When: DAY 1 - PARALLEL SESSION 1 & 2

1. THE PATH-DEPENDENCE OF ACADEMIC VALUE CREATION
Impact, infrastructure, and innovation in academic publishing
Open Science Fair
Athens | Sept 6 | 2017
BENEDIKT FECHER

2. I) WHY INEFFICIENT SYSTEM PREVAIL

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7. II) THE PATH-DEPENDENCE OF ACADEMIC PUBLISHING

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Source: Source: Roche et al. (2014)

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Source: Larivière et al., 2015
Percentage of papers published by the five major publishers, by discipline in the Natural and Medical Sciences, 1973–2013.

13. III) ARE WE REPRODUCING AN INEFFICIENT SYSTEM?

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Source: Vogel & Kupferschmidt, 2017

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Thank you very much for your attention!
Contact
fecher@hiig.de
elephantinthelab.org
Literature
● Larivière, V., Haustein, S., and Mongeon, P. (2015). The Oligopoly of Academic Publishers in the Digital
Era. PLOS ONE 10, e0127502.
● Vogel, G. (2017). A bold open-access push in Germany could change the future of academic publishing.
Science.

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