Discussion reveals the complexities of determining cost-per-article metrics in academic publishing, complicating data collection efforts.
Every five minutes or so, someone tries to come up with a cost-per-article figure for academic publishing. In the past, I've tried to do it too. But more and more I find myself wanting to resist the temptation. Not only because the data collection takes forever, but because the figures that I would produce, from my organisation, would likely not be cross-applicable to another organisation.
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