German study finds academics favouring Springer Nature and Wiley, with authors warning smaller publishers could be squeezed out.
(17 Apr 2021) Professor Haucap, a competition economist at the University of Düsseldorf and co-author of “The impact of the German ‘DEAL’ on competition in the academic publishing market”, and his colleagues chose to look at chemistry because the field has relatively brisk publishing turnaround times, meaning that shifts appear more quickly.
They warn that over the long run, by striking open access deals with the biggest publishers first, countries could inadvertently disadvantage smaller players by making it comparatively more inconvenient for academics to publish in their journals, and leaving libraries with less money to spend on niche publishers.
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