In June 2009 a study was completed that had been commissioned by Knowledge Exchange and written by Professor John Houghton, Victoria University, Australia. This report on the study was titled: "Open Access – What are the economic benefits?: A comparison of the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Denmark." This report was based on the findings of studies in which John Houghton had modelled the costs and benefits of Open Access in three countries. These studies had been undertaken in the UK by JISC, in the Netherlands by SURF and in Denmark by DEFF.
In the three national studies the costs and benefits of scholarly communication were compared based on three different publication models.
The modelling revealed that: the greatest advantage would be offered by the Open Access model, which means that the research institution or the party financing the research pays for publication and the article is then freely accessible.
Adopting this model could lead to annual savings of around EUR 70 million in
The full report is available here:
Open Access – What are the economic benefits?
A comparison of the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Denmark
The reports of the three countries can be downloaded below:
- JISC report: Economic Implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models: Exploring the costs and benefits
- SURF report: Costs and Benefits of Research Communication: The Dutch Situation
- DEFF report is not available at the website yet. For questions concerning the report, please contact Anne Sandfær at DEFF.
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