Article Processing Charges and Journal Publication Volume

Data for a paper in LIBER Quarterly on price sensitivity and open access article processing charges. The dataset demonstrates that introducing or increasing an APC does not reduce the number of articles a journal publishes. It was authored by Shaun Yon‐Seng Khoo.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between article processing charges and journal publication volume based on the described price sensitivity study.
• Model the economic impact of APC changes on scholarly output based on the dataset's findings.
• Benchmark APC price points against publication trends for journals mentioned in the study.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple formats (GraphPad Prism, Excel, CSV) to ensure compatibility.
• Dataset supports a specific, peer-reviewed finding published in LIBER Quarterly.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Shaun Yon‐Seng Khoo

Collection Method

Data collected for a research paper on APC price sensitivity.