Journal Prices Revisited: A Regression Analysis of Prices in the Scholarly Journal Market
Ortelbach B, Schulz S, Hagenhoff S (2008)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2008
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Book Volume: 34
Pages Range: 175-189
Journal Issue: 3
DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2008.10765176
Abstract
Increasing prices of scholarly journals have been subject to fierce discussion for several decades. In this paper the authors integrate influence factorsof journal prices analyzed in different previous studies in a unified regression model based on current data. Three different models are calculated. In the first model (overall market) the largest influence was found for the size of the journal. Additionally, the authors calculate separate regression models for STM (Scientific, Technical, Medical) vs. HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) journals and for for-profit vs. not-for-profit journals. The first comparison found that the influence of the number of published articles is much lower for HSS journals. The comparison between for-profit and not-for-profit journals showed that the influence of the circulation of a journal on its price is higher in the for-profit segment. © 2008 Elsevier Science Inc.
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APA:
Ortelbach, B., Schulz, S., & Hagenhoff, S. (2008). Journal Prices Revisited: A Regression Analysis of Prices in the Scholarly Journal Market. Serials Review, 34(3), 175-189. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2008.10765176
MLA:
Ortelbach, Björn, Sebastian Schulz, and Svenja Hagenhoff. "Journal Prices Revisited: A Regression Analysis of Prices in the Scholarly Journal Market." Serials Review 34.3 (2008): 175-189.
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