Paywall: The Business of Scholarship

Paywall: The Business of Scholarship is a documentary which focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google.

Release Date

September 5, 2018

Status

Released

Original Title

Paywall: The Business of Scholarship

Runtime

1h 4min

Budget

Revenue

Language

English, Russian

Production Companies