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In 2003, SIPPI investigated different open access publishing models.
In cooperation with HighWire Press and the Association of Learned and
Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), SIPPI gathered data on journals
that are: (1) entirely open access—providing all content for
free immediately upon publication, (2) delayed open access—giving
all content away for free, eventually, and (3) hybrid open access—releasing
some content for free, at some time. Results of the survey provided
detailed information on business models across a range of publication
ventures, and help determine whether, and how, those models are helping
to achieve the goals of different publishers.
In 2005, a report on the survey’s findings—The
Facts About Open Access: A study of the Financial and Non-financial Effects
of Alternative Business Models for Scholarly Journals—was
released.
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