Prof. John Houghton
PhD (University of Queensland, Australia)BSocSc (University of New England, Australia)
BA (Griffiths University, Australia)
Publications (selected)
Books and reportsHoughton, J. and Welsh, A. forthcoming 2010, Australian ICT Trade Update 2010, Australian Computer Society, Melbourne.
Houghton, J., Rasmussen, R. and Sheehan, P. 2010, Economic and Social Returns on Investment in Open Archiving Publicly Funded Research Outputs, Report to SPARC, CSES, Victoria University, Melbourne, July.
Houghton, J. and Welsh, A. 2009, Australian ICT Trade Update 2009, Australian Computer Society, Sydney.
Houghton, J., Rasmussen, B. and Sheehan, S.; with Oppenheim, C., Morris, A., Creaser, C., Greenwood, H., Summers, M. and Gourlay, A. 2009, Economic implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models: Exploring the Costs and Benefits, JISC EI-ASPM Project, Report to the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) (UK), CSES and Loughborough University, January.
Journal articles
Houghton, J.W. and Oppenheim, C. 2010, ‘The economic implications of alternative publishing models’, Prometheus, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 41-54 (commissioned).
Houghton, J. 2010, ‘Economic implications of alternative publishing models: Authors’ response’ , Prometheus, vol. 28, no. 2, August.
Houghton, J.W. 2010, ‘Economic implications of alternative publishing models: Self-archiving and repositories’, Liber Quarterly, vol. 19, nos 3/4, pp. 275-292.
Houghton, J.W. 2010, ‘How affordable is open access? Exploring the costs of alternative publishing models in higher education’, Canadian Journal of Higher Education (commissioned). ISSN 0316-1218.
Houghton, J.W. 2010, ‘The costs and potential benefits of alternative scholarly publishing models’, Information Research (commissioned). ISSN 1368-1613.
Houghton, J.W. 2009, ‘ICT and the environment in developing countries: An overview of opportunities and developments’, Communications and Strategies, vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 39-60.
Houghton, J.W. and Sheehan, P. 2009, ‘Estimating the potential impacts of open access to research findings,’ Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 127-142.
Book chapters
Houghton, J. 2010, ‘ICTs and the Environment in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Developments’, in OECD, ICTs for Development: Improving Policy Coherence, OECD, Paris, pp.149-175. Available from OECD.
Houghton, J.W. 2009, ‘Exploring the impacts of enhanced access to publicly funded research’, in P.F. Uhlir (ed.), The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Towards a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies, U.S. National Committee for CODATA, Board on Research Data and Information, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. Available from The National Academies (book chapter, and with NAS)
Houghton, J.W. et al. 2009, ‘The IT industry: Recent developments and outlook’, in OECD Information Technology Outlook 2008, OECD, Paris.
Houghton, J.W. 2009, ‘The globalisation of the ICT sector,' in OECD Information Technology Outlook 2008, OECD, Paris.
Houghton, J.W. 2009, ‘Exploring the impacts of enhanced access to publicly funded research’, in P.F. Uhlir (ed.), The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Towards a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies, U.S. National Committee for CODATA, Board on Research Data and Information, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
Professional experience
18 years policy-related economics research10 years main frame computer operations and programming
