Publishing Research Consortium

From the PRC website:

The Publishing Research Consortium is a group of publisher associations and individual publishers. We support research into global issues that impact scholarly communication in order to promote evidence-based discussion. 

Our objective is to support work that is scientific and pro-scholarship. Overall, we aim to promote an understanding of the role of publishing and its impact on research and teaching.

The site includes useful guides and research into important aspects such as peer review and open access licensing.