Publishing Research Consortium (PRC)

The Publishing Research Consortium is a group of associations and publishers, which supports global research into scholarly communication in order to enable evidence-based discussion. Their objective is to support work that is scientific and pro-scholarship, aiming to promote an understanding of the role of publishing and its impact on research and teaching.

The work of the Publishing Research Consortium is coordinated by a Steering Group, and a wider Advisory Group is called upon for consultation and advice. Research proposals are subject to peer review as appropriate, which in time may lead to the establishment of an Editorial Board. Funding is sourced on a project-by-project basis from the associations, from individual publishers, and from interested third parties.

The result has been several projects that have been able to produce influential reports, one of which is attached below. Outputs from work supported by the PRC are available as free-to-download PDFs

The founding partners are The Publishers Association of the UK, the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, and the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers. Corresponding partners include The Association of American University Presses and the Professional/ Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.