gold open access – a successful model?, stockholm university october 2011
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This presentation looks into the growth of open access and how institutions can tangibly support authors and mandates. It focuses on how, by increasing open access output, an institution can raise the visibility and impact of research, ultimately increasing both the visibility and prestige of an institution.TRANSCRIPT
Gold Open Access – a successful model?
Natalia TimiraosBusiness Development Manager – BioMed Central,
Springer
Open Access Week 2011- Swedish University of Agriculture
What does “open access” to scientific research mean?
• Universally available online without any barriers to access
• Creative Commons– Licensed to allow redistribution and reuse (as long as
attribution is given)
• Permanently archived in multiple locations to ensure long term access – PubMed Central
Traditional Model?• Severe disadvantages of restrictive access
• Political Argument – pay taxes, have access
• Increasing cost of subscriptions
• Transfer of copyright
BMC
Copernicus
PLoSHindawiSpringerOpen Choice
Growth in OA 2000 - 2010
Presented by Mark Patterson, PLoS, at the SOAP Symposium, Berlin, January 2011
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Routes towards open access• Gold OA
Publishing in an open access journal: – Fully OA journals
e.g. BioMed Central, Public Library of Science etc– Optional OA in traditional journals
(now offered by most major publishers)
• Green OA Depositing articles in an OA repository:Subject repositories– PubMed Central– UK PubMed Central– ArXiV
Open access flavors at Springer
Hybrid Open Access
• Open Access option in majority of Springer titles• Open Choice for
individual authors:Article fee € 2000/ USD $ 3000
Fully Open Access
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Authors’ Rights
• Self-archiving of author’s accepted version• Deposit into
PubMed Central
Springer is a green publisher
Springer pioneered the hybrid journal;
Springer Open Choice
Open access at Springer truly is open access
Open access at Springer truly is open access
•Open access journals covering all disciplines•Creative Commons•53 journals already, 11 already have impact
factors•Administered by BioMed Central•No subscriptions, article processing fees
instead (800 – 1,250 EUR)– Paid by the author (via research grant, library, institutional OA
fund, …)– Paid by a member institution– Waivers (economic hardship)
What is
Learn more! springeropen.com http://twitter.com/springeropen
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“Springer is now the world’s largest open access publisher”
Peter Suber in October 2008
Acquisition of BioMed Central in 2008
BioMed Central• Pioneered open access publishing model
• Launched first open access journal in 2000
• Now publishes >200 OA titles
• Creative Commons license
• Costs covered by 'article processing charge' (APC)
BioMed Central journals with impact factors
Open access model proven to be fully compatible with high quality
BioMed Central journals with Impact factors
Arthritis Research &Therapy 4.27BMC Medicine 3.99Breast Cancer Research 5.33Critical Care 4.93Genome Biology 6.63Journal of Neuroinflammation 4.68Journal of Translational Medicine 3.41Malaria Journal 3.00Molecular Cancer 4.16Molecular Neurodegeneration 5.09Molecular Pain 4.19Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 5.83Respiratory Research 3.13Retrovirology 4.11Trials 2.02
Open access articles published in BioMed Central journals
Sweden open access activity
How Is Biomed Central Supporting Institutions?
• BioMed Central Open Access Publishing Program
• Automatic Article Deposits – SWORD Feeds
• Open Repository
BioMed Central Membership• Enables organizations to actively support Open
Access
• Ensure the most widespread dissemination of research
• Covers full APCs or provides them with a reduced fee– BMC and SpringerOpen journals
• BioMed Central offers different types of Membership
Benefits of Membership• Researchers’ fees paid for in full or
discounted
• Discounted APCs Cost-effective
• Showcase of institution’s research
• Red tape of individual payments eliminated
BioMed Central Members• 384 Members in 42 countries worldwide
• 8 Members in Sweden– SLU– Karolinska Institute– Gothenburg University– Stockholm University– Uppsala University– Lund University – Full Prepay Members– Nordic School of Public Health – Full Prepay Members– Chalmers University- Full Prepay Members
Institutional Institutional RepositoryRepository(DSpace/Eprints (DSpace/Eprints
etc.etc.))
Automated Deposit to IR via SWORD
Manuscript
SWORD Import
SWORD Export
Published articles
from institution’s
authors
Published article
Accepted and
Published article
Summary• Maximizes research visibility
• OA supported by authors, funders, institutions & governments - part of the mainstream
• Quality journals
• Successful business model- liberal stance on author rights- open minded & collaborative approach- strong & continued support for sustainable Open Access
Thank you!Natalia Timiraos
Business Development Manager – BioMed Central, Springer
www.biomedcentral.com