Macrothink Institute http://en.macrothink.org Thinking about tomorrow Tue, 21 May 2013 19:16:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Report: Costs for Publishing an Article http://en.macrothink.org/report-costs-for-publishing-an-article-macrothink-institute/ http://en.macrothink.org/report-costs-for-publishing-an-article-macrothink-institute/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:44:28 +0000 admin http://macrothink.org/en/?p=268 March 6, 2013     Download PDF Based on operating costs in 2012, the journal department of the Macrothink Institute worked out a statistic report to reflect the costs for publishing an article in Macrothink’s journals:  Direct costs related to single articles: Item Amount Notes Labor costs > 50.00 USD/article This covers [...]

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Based on operating costs in 2012, the journal department of the Macrothink Institute worked out a statistic report to reflect the costs for publishing an article in Macrothink’s journals:

 Direct costs related to single articles:

Item Amount Notes
Labor costs > 50.00 USD/article This covers author services, peer-review, editing, publishing, and other direct costs. It is an average across all submissions.
Paypal fee 3.50 USD/transaction Most transactions are processed by Paypal.
CrossCheck/ iThenticate 0.75 USD/article We enjoy a group discount price.
DOI fee 1.00 USD/DOI name We assign a DOI name to each article.
Print & Delivery 0.00 USD/article We publish online only, so there are no printing or mailing fees.
Maintenance fee 5.00 USD/article/year This reflects the approximate amount, including labor costs, online hosting, and backup fees, needed for website maintenance. We expect this amount to decrease in the future.

 Indirect costs that cannot be allocated to single articles and so are applied using an average:

Office rent

Office equipments

Office expenses

Payroll for administrative staff

Accounting and legal fees

Bank charges

Trademark fees

Marketing and advertisement

Technical support

Website hosting, design, and backup: we employ servers in three locations, for security and safe backup.

Keep Costs Low

The executives and staffs always travel economy class for business trips. We do not rent a premium office, and we do not sponsor luxury conferences or festival parties. Our goal is to serve journal publishing and to support research as frugally as possible, as we are committed to the academic community.

We struggle to retain the lowest operation costs in the industry. Any recommendations for reducing costs are most welcome.

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Washington NASA Space Grant

Dear Macrothink Institute,

Thank you for your gift to the University of Washington! The UW heartily welcomes your support to advance education and sustain our flagship, research-led public university. We are grateful every day for the excellence of the University’s faculty and students and for the fellowships, scholarships, innovative programs, exciting traditions, and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities generously funded by alumni, friends, and members of the UW community. Most of all, we appreciate you and salute you for your personal commitment to helping us grow the many resources and benefits of this renowned, long-standing institution.

 

Connie Kravas

President

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Thank you for donating to the Wikimedia Foundation. You are wonderful!

It’s easy to ignore our fundraising banners, and I’m really glad you didn’t. This is how Wikipedia pays its bills — people like you giving us money, so we can keep the site freely available for everyone around the world.

People tell me they donate to Wikipedia because they find it useful, and they trust it because even though it’s not perfect, they know it’s written for them. Wikipedia isn’t meant to advance somebody’s PR agenda or push a particular ideology, or to persuade you to believe something that’s not true. We aim to tell the truth, and we can do that because of you. The fact that you fund the site keeps us independent and able to deliver what you need and want from Wikipedia. Exactly as it should be.

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 On behalf of those people, and the half-billion other readers of Wikipedia and its sister sites and projects, I thank you for joining us in our effort to make the sum of all human knowledge available for everyone. Your donation makes the world a better place. Thank you.

 Most people don’t know Wikipedia’s run by a non-profit. Please consider sharing this e-mail with a few of your friends to encourage them to donate too. And if you’re interested, you should try adding some new information to Wikipedia. If you see a typo or other small mistake, please fix it, and if you find something missing, please add it. There are resources that can help you get started. Don’t worry about making a mistake: that’s normal when people first start editing and if it happens, other Wikipedians will be happy to fix it for you.

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Thanks,

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Executive Director,

Wikimedia Foundation

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