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Open Access in the Humanities and Social Sciences A SAGE Perspective David Ross, Executive Publisher – Open Access

Open Access in the Humanities and Social Sciences A SAGE Perspective David Ross, Executive Publisher – Open Access. SAGE. Founded almost 50 years ago (anniversary is 2015) First journal Urban Affairs Quarterly launched in September 1965 ( now Urban Affairs Review )

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Open Access in the Humanities and Social Sciences A SAGE Perspective David Ross, Executive Publisher – Open Access

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  1. Open Access in the Humanities and Social Sciences A SAGE Perspective David Ross, Executive Publisher – Open Access

  2. SAGE • Founded almost 50 years ago (anniversary is 2015) • First journal Urban Affairs Quarterly launched in September 1965 (now Urban Affairs Review) • Predominatetely HSS publisher – 481 journals and 800 books a year (221 STM journals) • Publish journals on behalf of 300 learned societies • Still wholly owned by founder and chairperson – Sara Miller McCune • Independent – will eventually transfer into the hands of an charitable trust – takes a long term view

  3. SAGE and Open Access

  4. Why SAGE Open? • Leading Social Science publisher • Supporting and nurturing interdisciplinary research • Campaign for Social Science and social science research • Independent – long term view, the HSS funding challenge • The first HSS “mega journal” - premier destination for high quality OA research in HSS

  5. SAGE Open: Facts and stats • Open for submissions end of 2010 • Launched April 2011 with 6 papers • Over 2100 submissions from 93 countries to date • >1500 projected submissions in 2013 • 340 articles published to date • Nearly 300,000 Downloads

  6. Published articles

  7. What APC in HSS? $195 $395 $99 SAGE Open survey: Over 70% constituted personal payments

  8. Monthly submissions data

  9. How many Editors & Reviewers?

  10. Where are our authors?

  11. What do we know about them?

  12. What do we know about them? (cont.)

  13. 97% would publish in SAGE Open again 71% of respondents said SAGE Open was their first choice

  14. Top considerations for submitting: • SAGE’s reputation • Subject fit • Quality of previously published authors or papers • Internationality of journal

  15. Are we succeeding in being “full spectrum”?

  16. Top subjects for submissions

  17. What about our readers?

  18. Visitor Flows • 47% start with content page • 38% start with home page • 72% drop off after start page

  19. Citations • Total Cited SAGE Open Articles: 40 • SAGE Open Articles cited by ISI ranked journals: 13 • Total Citations: 61 • Citations by ranked journals: 17 • Most citations of one article: 7

  20. The challenge of OA in HSS

  21. Lessons in revisions and decisions..

  22. SAGE Open Rejection Rate

  23. Differences in HSS • Selection Mechanisms Different • Intellectual Property is the idea • Research output in form of an article is different • Immediacy not so crucial

  24. Conclusions • SAGE Open is establishing a reputation • Shown there is demand for broad spectrum multidisciplinary journal • Difference disciplines present different challenges • Drivers for OA not the same in HSS

  25. Thank Youdavid.ross@sagepub.co.uk

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