[Open-access] [open-science] Elsevier: some facts, by Tim Gowers

Fri May 2 13:53:45 UTC 2014

Yes I'm keeping it as up to date as I can. It's for my job so I can't open
up editing rights, but anyone who has that link can view it.

On 2 May 2014 14:51, P Kishor <punk.kish at gmail.com> wrote:

> Awesome! is this spreadsheet being kept up to date by you Stuart? I am
> going to also assume I can share this widely. Let me know if I am wrong in
> that assumption.
>
> Would be really nice to get NPG's numbers (even if estimates) and in fact,
> of entire Macmillan.
>
> Other random, quick observations. Profit margins don't seem to be
> correlated with evilness. One of the most reviled publishers (at least from
> "n" of 1) has a very slim margin. Two very respected publishers have
> reasonable to low margins, etc.
>
> Many thanks again.
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 6:46 AM, Stuart Lawson <stuart.a.lawson at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Nature Publishing Group don't publish their financial results. for those
>> that do, see:
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al2yRSSAaU2vdHBKQ3pMUXNUeXZGVnB2dG1Cakp4X0E&usp=drive_web#gid=2
>>
>>
>> On 2 May 2014 14:40, P Kishor <punk.kish at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Scott, others,
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 6:33 AM, S.C. Edmunds <
>>> scott at gigasciencejournal.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If Tom is compiling the per country comparisons
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Per country comparisons are great, but is there a way to find out profit
>>> margins and expenses for other publishers such as Science, Nature, well,
>>> all others, as well? Is there a canonical resource for such data?
>>>
>>>
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>
>
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