Addendum to Elsevier Title Level Pricing: Dissecting the Bowl of Spaghetti

Abstract

This addendum updates the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) 2020 journal pricing data in Thorton & Brundy (2021). After the authors requested and reviewed UNC’s 2021 pricing and subsequent discussions with UNC, it was determined that the 2020 final net price provided by UNC and used in the original analysis [in Table 4] was incorrect. The 2020 final net price provided by UNC was based upon invoicing for eight months. In this addendum, the 2020 final net price for UNC is annualized for twelve months to reflect the full years’ costs. As a result, Tables 4, 4.1, and 5 and the associated narratives have been revised.