Product Code: CURP19463525
Simba Information's Open Access Book Publishing 2024-2028 provides an in-depth analysis of the rapidly evolving open-access (OA) book market, highlighting its growth, challenges, and future prospects. The report examines key trends, including the surprising resilience of print sales, which generate significant revenue alongside digital access, with an average of $17,000 per title. It explores the diverse funding models stabilizing OA initiatives, including book processing charges (BPCs), grants, and institutional support, and projects market revenues to grow at a CAGR of 8%, reaching $127 million by 2028. The study also profiles leading publishers and regional contributions, emphasizing the humanities and social sciences' dominance in OA publishing. This comprehensive resource offers actionable insights for publishers, libraries, researchers, and policymakers navigating the future of academic publishing.
Table of Content
METHODOLOGY
DEFINITION OF OPEN ACCESS BOOK PUBLISHING
SCOPE OF THE REPORT
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
METHODOLOGY FOR PROJECTING/ESTIMATING RESULTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING?
KEY FACTS AND TRENDS
OA Book Revenue Continues to Grow
Viability Questions Fade; New Questions Emerge
Funding, Funding, Funding
Study Finds Print Sales of OA Titles Are Significant
CHAPTER 1: OPEN ACCESS BOOK MARKET
- INTRODUCTION
- MARKET SIZE
- Revenue
- Table 1-1. Open Access Book Market Revenue, 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- What is an OA Book Worth?
- Table 1-2. Mean BPC Charges for Select Open Access Publishers, 2014 - 2024
- OA Metrics
- Table 1-3. Directory of Open Access Books Metrics, 2019 - 2023
- Table 1-4. Scholarly Book Market Segments, 2021 - 2023 ($ million)
- Examining Title Metrics for Individual Publishers in the DOAB
- Figure 1-1. Leading Open Access Book Publishers' Title Growth, 2019 - 2023 (number of titles)
- Figure 1-2. Leading Open Access Publishers' Growth in Titles Added to DOAB, 2021 - 2024P
- Open Access Funding Mandates
- Open Access Books by Discipline
- Figure 1-3. Open Access Book Titles by Discipline, YTD 2024
- Book Type
- Open Access Books by Geography and Language
- Figure 1-4. Open Access Book Titles by Language, YTD 2024
CHAPTER 2: NOTABLE OPEN ACCESS BOOK PUBLISHERS & PROGRAMS
- INTRODUCTION
- LEADING OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHERS
- Figure 2-1. Leading Open Access Book Publishers by Total Title Count, 2024 YTD
- SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES PRESSES DOMINATE THE DOAB
- Table 2-1a. Leading Open Access Book Publishers Ranked by Number of Titles, 2023
- Table 2-1b. Leading Open Access Book Publishers Ranked by Number of Titles, 2023
- Table 2-1c. Leading Open Access Book Publishers Ranked by Number of Titles, 2023
- LEADING OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHERS BY REVENUE
- Table 2-2. Leading Open Access Book Publishers' Revenue, 2021 - 2023 ($)
- PUBLISHER PROFILES
- MDPI
- Table 2-3. Publishers Ranked by Titles Added to DOAB, 2022
- Springer Nature
- Taylor & Francis
- IntechOpen
- Table 2-4. Publishers Ranked by Titles Added to DOAB, 2023
- De Gruyter Brill
- Table 2-5. Publishers Ranked by Titles Added to the DOAB through July, 2024
- Transcript Verlag
- Nomos Verlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Oxford University Press
- Amsterdam University Press
- OTHER NOTABLE OA BOOK PLAYERS
- Frontiers
- RAND Corporation
- MIT Press
- COOPERATIVE OPEN ACCESS BOOK PROGRAM AND TRIALS
- Table 2-6. Cooperative OA Book Programs, 2023
- Google Books
- HathiTrust Digital Library
- Knowledge Unlatched
- Project MUSE
- Project Gutenberg
- SciELO Books
CHAPTER 3: OPEN ACCESS BOOK TRENDS AND FORECAST
- INTRODUCTION
- CURRENT TRENDS IN OPEN ACCESS BOOK PUBLISHING
- Viability Questions Fade; New Questions Emerge
- Funding, Funding, Funding
- Durable Demand for Print Books Restricts OA Growth
- TOME Comes to a Close
- State of Mandates
- Open Access is Not Done Evolving
- OA Books in SSH Disciplines Can't Live on BPCs Alone
- Print Book Sales Grow
- Figure 3-1. Scholarly Print Book, Closed Access E-Book & OA Book Revenue, 2021 - 2023 ($ million)
- Figure 3-2. Scholarly Professional Print Book, Closed Access E-Book, OA Book Growth, 2019 - 2023
- (%)
- Study Finds Print Sales of OA Titles Are Significant
- OPEN ACCESS BOOK PUBLISHING MARKET FORECAST
- Introduction
- Table 3-1. Open Access Book Market Revenue, 2024P - 2028P ($ million)
- Publishing Economies Face Slower Growth in GDP 2024-2028
- Table 3-2. World GDP Projected Growth by Region, 2024 - 2028 (% annual growth)
- DOAB Metrics Forecast
- Table 3-3. Directory of Open Access Book Forecast, 2024P - 2028P
- Assumptions
- Revenue Forecast of Top 10 OA Book Publishers
- Table 3-4. Leading Open Access Book Publishers Forecast, 2024P - 2025P ($ million)