Recent developments in Open Access publishing

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1 Recent developments in Open Access publishing CRIStin Spring Conference 2013 Simon Neilson BioMed Central Ltd

2 Agenda Open access - a changing landscape BioMed Central / SpringerOpen Our reactions to change Our developments Questions

3 Open Access Today

4 The changing landscape of open access publishing And many more

5 Open Access in 2013 There are currently 8536 open access journals in the DOAJ Over 1000 open access journals are indexed by ISI Open access to research is now mandatory in over 150 institutions and by over 50 funders A recent study found that 8.5% of peer reviewed articles are now published in a fully open access form* *Study of open access Bo Christer Bjork, PLOS One

6 Papers published by major OA publishers

7 Benefits of Open Access Unrestricted access Breaks down barriers between disciplines Promotes public engagement with scientific and medical research Increased Citations Open access content has high visibility to search engines and encourages social sharing Creates an open global forum for scientific communication

8 Some truths about OA OA journal publishing is identical to subscription publishing only with a different business model Open access journals have some of the highest impact factors in their fields Open access journals have some of the most prestigious academics as Editors-in-Chief and Editorial Board Members Some institutions/funders mandate that all research they have funded should be published open access

9 A busy year for open access Academic Spring has kept Open Access in the news David Willetts (UK Science Minister), voiced strong support for OA, and announced involvement of Jimmy Wales in policy development The Finch report found open access would lead to efficiency benefits for researchers and produce economic growth July 2012, RCUK release policy on access to research outputs April 2013, RCUK block grants of 3bn 80bn across Europe by 2020

10 BioMed Central Launched 2000 Now publishes 250 open access titles Over 150,000 peer-reviewed OA articles published More than 10 million article downloads per month CC-BY Costs covered by 'article processing charge' (APC) Became part of Springer in 2008

11 Global Manuscript Submissions

12 BioMed Central journals with impact factors

13 Impact factors for some BioMed Central journals Stem Cell Research & Therapy 3.21 BMC Biology 5.75 BMC Genomics 4.07 BMC Medicine 6.05 BMC Public Health 2.00 Breast Cancer Research 5.25 Critical Care 4.61 Environmental Health 2.65 Genome Biology 9.04 Implementation Science 3.10 Journal of Translational Medicine 3.47 Malaria Journal 3.19 Parasites & Vectors 2.94 Respiratory Research 3.36 Retrovirology 6.47

14 Business Model Article-processing charge (APC) covers: Editorial: handling of manuscripts Technical: development, maintenance and operation of online journal system Production: Formatting and mark up of articles, inclusion in indexing services Marketing: Making sure readers and authors know about the journal Customer service: Responding to authors/readers

15 Many journals are transferring to OA publication Increased interest from society s looking to partner Wider dissemination and more international reach Increase in number and quality of submissions Improvement of bibliometric performance / impact factor Increasing demand from authors within mandating institutions/funding bodies

16 Year of transfer: ,4 1,2 1,196 Impact factor 1 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,318 0,408 0,717 0,375 0, ,

17 Year of transfer: ,5 4, ,5 Impact factor 3 2,5 2 1,5 1,438 1,739 1,867 2,152 2, ,

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19 What is? Open access journals covering all disciplines Creative Commons Over 100 peer reviewed journals Planned addition of journals in next few years Administered by BioMed Central

20 SpringerOpen journals open for submission (Q4/2010 Q1/2013)

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22 Key facts: Open Access Inclusive Scope Easy Submission Rigorous Peer Review Clear and fast editorial process APC: 690

23 Journal Cascade Model BMC Public Health IF 2.00 Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, UIF 1.83 Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy, IF 1.16 Harm Reduction Journal, IF 1.26 BMC Research Notes

24 Journal Cascade Model Genome Biology IF 9.04 elife BMC Genomics IF 4.07 BMC Research Notes

25 How are BMC and SpringerOpen supporting institutions?

26 Brand awareness Building on our efforts Researcher/librarian campaign Member campaigns New Membership proposals Kulu s/videos/faqs Green as well as Gold

27 BioMed Central Membership Enables organizations to actively support Open Access Widespread dissemination Covers full APCs or provides them with a reduced fee BMC and SpringerOpen journals BioMed Central offers different types of Membership - Supporter Membership - Prepay Membership

28 Benefits of Membership Researchers fees paid for in full or discounted Discounted APCs Cost-effective Red tape of individual payments eliminated Showcase of institution s research Membership team

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30 435 members in 51 countries

31 Assisting the green route: Automated Deposit to IR via SWORD SWORD Export Manuscript Accepted and Published article SWORD Import Published articles from institution s authors Published article Institutional Repository (DSpace/Eprints etc.)

32 Future Developments Many innovative features already in place e.g. e-only, open peer review, supplementary data, article-level metrics Improved article-level metrics Improved text-mining and article discovery (faceted searches/advanced filtering options) Mobile user interfaces

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35 Summary Open Access publishing is here to stay and it is growing fast Publishers are adapting fast Many journals are moving to OA to take advantage of the benefits in terms of submissions Many authors are publishing in OA journals for similar reasons Open Access journals are becoming leaders in their field

36 Thank you