For the past decade or more, a trend has been observed in the scholarly communications ecosystem toward market consolidation, with fewer companies owning increasing shares of the market. A study by Data Think estimated that, in 2021, very large publishers (those with more than 500 journals) accounted for only 0.06% of the publishers in their study but published nearly half—47%—of all articles (Pollock 2022). This increasing market consolidation has raised concerns in the open scholarship community and in the broader academic community.

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• Winter, C., Sardino, M. M., (2024), "Market Consolidation and Scholarly Communications", HSSCommons: (DOI: 10.25547/CZ92-S769)

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Original publication: Winter, Caroline; Sardino, Maggie. "Market Consolidation and Scholarly Communications." Open Scholarship Policy Observatory, 17 Mar. 2023, https://ospolicyobservatory.uvic.ca/market-consolidation-and-scholarly-communications/.

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