Koninklijke Brill NV



Leiden-based Humanities and Social Sciences publisher Brill used IngentaConnect when planning and executing their largest backfile project to date. The question was, how does a publisher deliver 60,000 buried journal articles dating back to 1850 to the modern researcher while benefiting from such a grand undertaking? In a move designed to not only benefit the research community but to also remain relevant, improve visibility, maintain quality, attract manuscripts and increase sales, Brill enlisted the help of Publishing Technology. Brill are now gaining exposure to a larger and more diverse audience through IngentaConnect, as users are continuously funneled to their articles through their searches, subsequently increasing Brill’s sales and earned royalties. With 90 percent of their backfiles already available, sales have grown 8-10 percent in 2008.

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Mohr Siebeck Verlag



After reviewing the available options, Tübingen-based publisher Mohr Siebeck, a company that specializes in Economics, Law and Theology, selected IngentaConnect to host, distribute and deliver journal content, administer subscriber access rights and generate and collect pay-per-view revenues. Managing Director Dr Georg Siebeck explains, “Firstly, with more and more libraries demanding online access to our journals, we knew that subscriptions would be threatened if we stayed offline. Secondly, journals with no online offering are awarded lower impact factors. Going online was something we clearly had to do.” Mohr Siebeck recognized the added value an online edition presented to subscribers, and raised their subscription prices, with surprising results: “Our subscribers have almost all agreed to the rise in subscription fees connected with this additional service.” Mohr Siebeck have also been surprised by the increase in pay-per-view revenues in 2008.

Here you can find the Case Study of Mohr Siebeck and IngentaConnect [PDF, 81KB]