Accessibility, sustainability, excellence: how to expand access to research publications/Annex F: Analysis of the Possible Financial Impact of Shifts to Open Access Publishing on an individual university

Annex F

A Russell Group University publications and costs, 2010-11,

	Actuals (£k)	25% articles published Gold @£1.45k, and subscriptions fall by 25%	50% articles published Gold @£1.45k, and subscriptions fall by 50%	25% of articles published Gold @£1.75k, and subscriptions fall by 25%	50% of articles published Gold @£1.75k and subscriptions fall by 50%	25% of articles published Gold @£1.75k, subscriptions fall by 25%, & RC funds provided for 35% of publications	50% of articles published Gold @£1.75k, subscriptions fall by 50%, & RC funds provided for 35% of publications	25% of articles published Gold @£1.75k, RC funds provided, but subscriptions fall only 12.5%	50% of articles published Gold @£1.75k, RC funds provided, but subscriptions fall only 25%	25% of articles published Gold @£1.75k, RC funds provided, but subscriptions don't fall at all	50% of articles published Gold @£1.75k, RC funds provided, but subscriptions don't fall at all
Subscriptions	2,870	2,153	1,435	2,153	1,435	2,153	1,435	2,511	2,153	2,870	2,870
APCs	150	1,211	2,422	1,461	2,923	950	1,900	950	1,900	950	1,900
Total	3,020	3,363	3,857	3,614	4,358	3,102	3,335	3,461	4,052	3,820	4,770
% Research grants and contracts plus QR	2.16%	2.40%	2.75%	2.58%	3.11%	2.22%	2.38%	2.47%	2.89%	2.73%	3.41%
Articles published	3,340