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Welcome to the 4 th Annual BioMed Central Editors’ Conference

Welcome to the 4 th Annual BioMed Central Editors’ Conference. Deborah Kahn, Publishing Director London, 9 May 2013. An opportunity for Editors of journals published by BioMed Central to: - Hear an update on Open Access generally and on what is happening at BioMed Central

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Welcome to the 4 th Annual BioMed Central Editors’ Conference

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  1. Welcome to the 4th Annual BioMed Central Editors’ Conference Deborah Kahn, Publishing Director London, 9 May 2013

  2. An opportunity for Editors of journals published by BioMed Central to: - Hear an update on Open Access generally and on what is happening at BioMed Central - Meet fellow Editors and discuss issues of mutual importance - Meet with BioMed Central contacts A warm welcome to BMC Series Section Editors who are joining us for the first time Aims of the day

  3. The BMC Series 60+ open access journals spanning biology and medicine with over 2000 submissions per month. As a group the journals function as a ‘megajournal’. Aim is to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge with less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field. Section Editors and Associate Editors handle peer review, facilitated by an in-house Executive Editor, and Journal Editorial Office support

  4. Broader interest titles within the BMC series publishing peer-reviewed research, commentaries, reviews, opinion pieces and Q&As that are of special importance and broad interest in any area of biology and medicine. Dedicated in-house Editorial teams In the top 10 general medical (9th) and biology (6th) categories of the JCR.

  5. ‘Independent journals’ • Academic and clinical Editors-in-Chief • Growing number of society journals • Some leading journals within their fields – e.g. Malaria Journal;Retrovirology, Veterinary Research

  6. Flagships Subject-specific journals BMC Research Notes Towards painless publishing: Journal cascades BMC series Independent Journals

  7. Overall open accessmarketgrowth: fully open accessjournals

  8. Across all subjectareas Source: Anatomy of open access publishing: a study of longitudinal development and internal structure, MikaelLaakso and Bo-ChristerBjörk , BMC Medicine, 2012, 10: 124

  9. Growing “open access share” in Web of Science

  10. Number of BioMed Central journals with Impact Factors

  11. BioMed Central Strategic Focus Technology Author and Editor Satisfaction Ensuring that the market is aware of our quality content

  12. Editor satisfaction Comparison of Editors Survey 2011 to 2012: Average Rating

  13. Comparison of Editors Survey 2011 to 2012: Breakdown

  14. Responding to Editors’ needs Dedicated Journal Development Editor Editors’ Advisory Group Senior Contact Network New Editors Home being developed Editor training course being developed

  15. New Production Process Significantly streamlines the process of pre-publication and production making the overall process faster and less cumbersome Offers variations on production routes • Author version then final version • Final version only Offers various copyediting levels Options for controlling publication dates, or linking related articles so they travel through the publication process together

  16. Times in production

  17. Author satisfaction

  18. Ensuring that the market is aware of our quality content Biome Conferences Research Awards Improved marketing

  19. Research highlights, comment & community news in biology & medicine • Research synopses & author Q&As • Comment & analysis • Spotlight on the research community www.biomedcentral.com/biome

  20. Conferences

  21. BioMed Central Research Awards – 10 categories

  22. We want to hear from you Ideas, comments, feedback We look forward to continuing to work with our Editors-in-Chief to improve our journals and the service we deliver.

  23. Thank you Deborah.kahn@biomedcentral.com

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