These issues are also occurring in the context of industry trends that have raised significant concerns in the past 12 months. We have identified three trends that warrant particular attention: the aggressive expansion of scholarly publishers into research assessment; the proposed approach of publishers pooling research dissemination through collective distribution channels; and the attempted bundling of data analytics tools with publishing tools into “bigger deals.”
Three Subtle Trends Present Emerging Concerns: Intro
1. Aggressive expansion of scholarly publishers into research assessment 2. Publishers pooling research dissemination through collective distribution channels 3. Attempted bundling of data analytics tools with publishing tools into "bigger deals."
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About the authors
Claudio Aspesi
A respected market analyst with over a decade of experience covering the academic publishing market, and leadership roles at Sanford C. Bernstein, and McKinsey.
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
SPARC is a coalition of academic and research libraries that work to enable the open sharing of research outputs and educational materials in order to democratize access to knowledge, accelerate discovery, and increase the return on our investment in research and education.
