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 *Looking at the annual costs by group, around two thirds of these increased costs are incurred by academic institutions. Author-side payments do not change (as expected) from the Central Case, but subscription costs increase significantly as the rest of the world's level of author-side payment reduces.

Sensitivity 4 - UK corresponding authors

Table 0.7: Results of sensitivity 4 (figures in £m)

Key points to note are as follows:


 * In 2010 it is assumed that UK authors contributed to approximately 123,600 articles. Based on the BIS study’s estimate of 65% for corresponding authors the UK would make a large net savings, of £15.6m, in comparison to the 2010 baseline (an increase in savings over the Central case of £10.3m). These savings are split relatively evenly between academic institutions (£8.2m) and others (£7.3m).


 * If there were a greater number of corresponding authors, or a greater number of UK authors funding APCs, the savings would fall. For example, if UK authors funded 85%