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How the Web has transformed scientific journals

How the Web has transformed scientific journals. Andrew Wray Group Publisher, Institute of Physics Monday 18 June 2007 andrew.wray@iop.org, www.iop.org. Outline. The online journal office Peer review and commentary Historic archives Reference & citation linking

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How the Web has transformed scientific journals

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  1. How the Web has transformed scientific journals Andrew WrayGroup Publisher, Institute of Physics Monday 18 June 2007 andrew.wray@iop.org, www.iop.org

  2. Outline • The online journal office • Peer review and commentary • Historic archives • Reference & citation linking • Multimedia & supplementary data • New business models (consortia, OA, tiered) • Virtual journals and search sites • Social filtering • ... metadata

  3. Recent surveys • 81% of authors prefer to interact with online journal systems • 63% of referees prefer to referee online, 31% via email • ~70% of editors & publishers report decreased refereeing time (-25%) and administration time (-30%) “Online submission and peer review systems - a review”, Mark Ware, Mark Ware Consulting Ltd, 2005

  4. Peer Review and Commentary • Web allows pre- and post-publication commentary • Blogs - trackbacks on arXiv • Atmospheric Chemistry • Faculty of 1000

  5. Historic archives and reference linking • Many journals have digitised their archives • Science from 1665 to 2007 is now searchable and accessible online • Reference linking is ubiquitous • Citation linking is growing

  6. Screenshots of a chain of linked references Go back in time and then forward

  7. Screenshots of a chain of linked references Go back in time and then forward

  8. Screenshots of a chain of linked references Go back in time and then forward

  9. Screenshots of a chain of linked references Go back in time and then forward

  10. Multimedia etc • Something from NJP • Any interactive math anywhere????

  11. Brief diversion into what has not worked – Filing Cabinet

  12. New Business Models • Not tied to printing and distribution costs • Tiny incremental cost of one new reader • New pricing models • Discounts for e-only • Tiered pricing by size of university • Consortia • Deep discounts or free access for small institutions, developing countries…

  13. New Business Models • Free to publish vs. Free to read • Web facilitates open access models • Author pays • Institution pays a membership fee • Sponsorship • Advertising

  14. Images of BMC and PR-STAB to show sponsorship and advertising of OA titles

  15. Virtual journals and search sites • Science of Aging Knowledge Environment • American Institute of Physics Virtual Journals • Google Scholar • Scirus

  16. Scitopia image

  17. Social filtering • sharing references and bookmarks • social filtering of information • Nature’s Connotea • Cite-u-like • Flickr • ALPSP awards for innovation • www.alpsp.org/awards.htm

  18. Conclusions • Journals remain very powerful for the peer review and credibility they confer • New services are providing more than just content or searching: • Filtering • Structure • Context • Help scientists make sense of what is available online • …all based on sharing good metadata

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