Table 3. Publishing scenarios for which detailed cost calculations have been performed.
PPPR - post publication peer-review (i.e., no rejections after peer-review). OJS - Open Journal System
| Scenario A | All publishing steps; Scholastica as specialized full-service provider; in-house editors |
| Scenario A2 | Scenario A, but PPPR |
| Scenario B | All publishing steps, generic service providers; in-house editors |
| Scenario B2 | Scenario B, but PPPR |
| Scenario C | All publishing steps; generic service providers, no submission, reviewing, and tracking system costs (e.g., OJS); no external hosting/archiving costs (i.e., institutional servers); volunteer editors |
| Scenario C2 | Scenario C, but Scholastica as a specialized full-service provider instead of OJS and institutional servers |