Monitoring costs of scholarly publishing in Sweden – read and publish agreements, APC:s in the wild and subscriptions

Key Points

• The aim is to monitor and report total expenditures for scholarly publishing at higher education institutions in Sweden.
• Annual expenditures are gathered and presented in a yearly report to the government.
• Focus is placed on article processing charges not covered by pre-existing agreements.
• Collaboration with the Bibsam Consortium for negotiations with publishers.
• An overview of total expenditures for scholarly publishing at higher education institutions is provided annually.
• Detailed information on article processing charges from the Open APC Initiative is shared.
• Insights into variations in costs due to participation in national agreements versus individual expenses.