超越APC：经济可持续的期刊开放获取出版模式研究

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 系统分析文章处理费（APC）模式在定价透明度缺失、费用持续攀升与学术公平性不足等方面的困境，以及转换协议作为短期解决方案在费用固化与期刊低翻转率等方面的内在局限，由此揭示基于文章处理费的经济逻辑难以支撑期刊开放获取（OA）出版的可持续发展。在此基础上，深入探讨钻石开放获取、绿色开放获取、为开放而订阅（S2O）三种文章处理费替代模式的经济运行逻辑、实践现状与现实挑战。而上述替代模式的深入发展当前仍受制于评价体系、学术文化、市场结构与基础设施等多重因素影响，需从改革学术评价体系、转变学术共同体观念与行为、重塑出版市场权力结构、加强开放科学基础设施长期公共投入四个层面协同推进，以构建适应不同出版商、学科和地域需求的多元开放获取出版模式组合。

关键词:

开放获取　学术出版　文章处理费　学术公平　经济可持续

Abstract: This paper systematically analyzes the challenges of the APC model， including pricing opacity， escalating costs， and inequitable access to publication， alongside the inherent limitations of transformative agreements as a transitional solution， particularly cost rigidity and persistently low journal flip rates. These findings reveal that APC-based economic logic is fundamentally ill-suited to sustaining journal OA publishing. The paper then examines the economic rationale， current practices， and practical challenges of three non-APC OA models ： Diamond OA， Green OA，and S2O. As the broader adoption of these models remains constrained by evaluation systems，academic culture， market structure， and infrastructure， progress requires coordinated efforts across four dimensions: reforming research assessment， shifting academic community norms and behavior， rebalancing power in the scholarly publishing market， and securing long-term public investment in open science infrastructure， with the ultimate aim of building a diversified portfolio of OA publishing models responsive to the varied needs of publishers， disciplines， and regions.

Key words: Open access　Academic publishing　APC　Academic equity　Economic sustainability

中图分类号:

G237

田峥峥. 超越APC：经济可持续的期刊开放获取出版模式研究[J]. 出版科学, 2026, 34(2): 87-97.

Tian Zhengzheng. Beyond APC: Economically Sustainable Models for Journal Open Access Publishing[J]. Publishing Journal, 2026, 34(2): 87-97.

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