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Implementing An Open
Access Policy At Chalmers
University Of Technology
Jonas Gilbert, Maria Kinger and Lars Kullman
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Paper presented at 32nd Annual IATUL Conference, Warsaw 29 May- 2 June, 2011
Photo Jan Collsiöö . Source http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungsgatan_1967.jpg?uselang=sv
University of Technology
... situated on the beautiful
west coast of Sweden
... with two pleasant campuses
in the centre of Gothenburg
Sweden
Gothenburg
VISION
Chalmers – for a sustainable future
MISSION
Through internationally acclaimed education and
research combined with a professional innovation
process, Chalmers’ mission is to become one of the
world’s most attractive universities.
1829 Chalmersska Slöjdeskolan is founded
by the will of William Chalmers
1937 Chalmers becomes a governmental
university with the authority
to award doctoral degrees
1994
Chalmers becomes a
private university,
owned by a foundation
History in brief
Departments
• Applied IT
• Applied Mechanics
• Applied Physics
• Architecture
• Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Earth and Space Sciences
• Energy and Environment
• Fundamental Physics
• Materials and Manufacturing Technology
• Mathematical Sciences
• Microtechnology and Nanoscience
• Product and Production Development
• Shipping and Marine Technology
• Signals and Systems
• Technology Management and Economics
In collaboration with the University of Gothenburg:
• GMV, Centre for Environment and Sustainability
• IT University
Areas of advance
• Built Environment
• Energy
• Information and Communication Technology
• Life Science
• Materials Science
• Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
• Production
• Transportation
The eight key areas also have a firm foundation
in the basic sciences. Sustainability, innovation
and entrepreneurship are strong driving forces.
Chalmers has eight areas of advance where the aim is to bring together research,
education and innovation across departmental boundaries and to co-operate with
bodies and organisations outside Chalmers.
Students
Chalmers has about 11,000 students
(individuals)
243 degrees awarded 2010
• 121 PhDs
• 122 licentiates
1,130 doctoral students
Staff
• 1,751 teaching and research staff
• 742 technical support and administrative staff
2,493 employees (full-time equivalents)
Scientific Articles • More than 1,900 peer reviewed scientific articles
and conference contributions
Open Access Policy
• Chalmers has the ambition to make all published research
results freely available to everyone, this is known as Open
Access. To ensure that Chalmers' scientific results are
disseminated as widely as possible, the President has decided
to introduce an Open Access Policy, which applies from January
1, 2010.
• This is in accordance with the Berlin Declaration on Open
Access, to which the Association of Swedish Higher Education
is a signatory. It is also in accordance with the requirements of
an increasing number of research funding bodies.
The Open Access Policy at
Chalmers means that:
• All research published by Chalmers' researchers must be made available in an open archive, normally within six months of publication although no later than 12 months. This means that researchers at Chalmers must submit a full-text copy of all their publications in electronic form to the Chalmers Publication Library (CPL). A publication reference must also be registered in CPL, referring to the copy submitted (earlier decision C2004/700).
• Transfer of copyright should be avoided if possible. The author ought to secure the right to parallel publish his/her work, and must at least retain the right to deposit it in an open archive within six months at the latest, or in exceptional cases within 12 months.
• Researchers at Chalmers are recommended to publish in journals that are freely available, so-called Open Access journals, when this is appropriate.
• Exceptions from this policy can be granted in exceptional cases. In such cases there must be prestige-related reasons for publishing a specific scientific work in a journal that does not accept parallel publication. A request for exception must be made in writing directly to the First Vice President.
Chalmers – # publications in 2010
Publication type Quantity
Scientific journal article - peer reviewed 1274
Conference paper - peer reviewed 778
Conference paper - non peer reviewed 289
Doctoral thesis 126
Scientific journal article - non peer
reviewed63
Conference poster 52
Chapter in monograph, book 47
Monograph, book 18
Monograph, book - edited 10
Patent application 8
Patent 3
PUBLISHER ART %
ELSEVIER 837 19,1%
AMER CHEMICAL SOC 362 8,3%
IEEE 308 7,0%
SPRINGER 265 6,0%
WILEY-BLACKWELL 211 4,8%
AMER INST PHYSICS 163 3,7%
AMER PHYSICAL SOC 136 3,1%
EDP SCIENCES 134 3,1%
IOP PUBLISHING 127 2,9%
TAYLOR & FRANCIS 111 2,5%
OTHERS 1731 39%
TOTAL 4385 100%
Chalmers – publishers for papers covered
by Web of Science for 2006-2010
What do the researchers say?
Variation from favorable to
negative (after all, researchers
are individuals too).
Concerns depending on
different publishing patterns for
the academic field as well as
personal habits.
Concerns about publishers
demands.
Concerns about impact on
personal career.
= a huge need for information!
Lambert, S. (2011, January 13). What scientists think about Open Access Publishing today.
Presented at the SOAP Symposium, Berlin. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/ProjectSoap/soap-symposiumtalkii
Lambert, S. (2011, January 13). What scientists think about Open Access Publishing today.
Presented at the SOAP Symposium, Berlin. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/ProjectSoap/soap-symposiumtalkii
Lambert, S. (2011, January 13). What scientists think about Open Access Publishing today.
Presented at the SOAP Symposium, Berlin. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/ProjectSoap/soap-symposiumtalkii
Chemistry
Engineering and technology
”… since nobody seems to know about
the rules or policy or what they are
expected to do, I believe we need an
information campaign …”
Communications officer from one of our departments,
just a couple of weeks ago!
“Implementing open access is a
tough job”
• Regular policy review
• Well-funded implementation
• Improved repository service
• Demonstration of benefits to authors
Armbruster (2010)
Armbruster, C., (2010) Implementing Open Access: Policy Case Studies . Retrieved from http://ssrn.com/abstract=1685855
for a sustainable future
Thank you for your attention!
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