“The system is obviously bonkers”: The APC Trap and the bind of scholarly publishing across four research intensive institutions in the U.S.

• Melissa H. Cantrell ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa H. Cantrell, Rachel Caldwell, Jennifer A. Mezick, Matthew Estill, Lauren B. Collister

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: melissa.cantrell@colorado.edu

  Affiliation University Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado‌‌, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-1624

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• Rachel Caldwell ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa H. Cantrell, Rachel Caldwell, Jennifer A. Mezick, Matthew Estill, Lauren B. Collister

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Libraries, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6203-9387

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• Jennifer A. Mezick ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa H. Cantrell, Rachel Caldwell, Jennifer A. Mezick, Matthew Estill, Lauren B. Collister

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Libraries, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4505-9316

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• Matthew Estill ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa H. Cantrell, Rachel Caldwell, Jennifer A. Mezick, Matthew Estill, Lauren B. Collister

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Library System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania‌‌, United States of America

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• Lauren B. Collister

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa H. Cantrell, Rachel Caldwell, Jennifer A. Mezick, Matthew Estill, Lauren B. Collister

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Invest in Open Infrastructure, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5767-8486

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