The cost of peer review and electronic distribution of scholarly papers

["Richard Poynder" <richard.poynder@btinternet.com>]

Dear All,

I am trying to establish (in the specific context of scholarly 
journals) whether anyone knows of any research that has been 
undertaken to establish the dollar cost of a) implementing the 
peer review of a scholarly paper, b) distributing a scholarly 
paper electronically.

If so, I would be grateful for details of what the estimated 
costs were, and links to any papers/reports that were produced as 
a result of that research (if they are available on an OA basis).

Thanks in advance.

Richard Poynder
www.richardpoynder.co.uk