Wiley buys Hindawi -- a $298 million acquisition for GBP 25 million in annual APC revenues -- in bid to expand open-access platforms @pbasken
Does publishing platform Phenom get rolled into Atypon at some stage? > \u201cThe US-based academic publisher Wiley has agreed to acquire London-based Hindawi in what it described as a push to improve its delivery of open-access options.\u201d https://t.co/J3TQpgu809 pic.twitter.com/ZoLydLjMYj
— lorcan dempsey (@lorcanD) January 5, 2021
This is a perfect example of the "ecosystem shrink" that I'm concerned about during and post-Plan S. Obvs there are loads of business reasons beyond eliminating another pure-OA stand-alone publisher but the risk remains: How many will there be in 2 years? #AnotherOneBitesTheDust https://t.co/DaLpe3AY8F
— Sara Rouhi (@RouhiRoo) January 5, 2021