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Open Access Publishing for Learned Societies Experiences of Copernicus Publications

Open Access Publishing for Learned Societies Experiences of Copernicus Publications Dr. Xenia van Edig | September 2014. Overview. Copernicus Publications at a Glance Business Model Financing Service Strategies for Societies Case studies. History of Copernicus Publications.

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Open Access Publishing for Learned Societies Experiences of Copernicus Publications

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  1. Open Access Publishing for Learned Societies • Experiences of Copernicus Publications • Dr. Xenia van Edig | September 2014

  2. Overview • Copernicus Publications at a Glance • Business Model • Financing • Service Strategies for Societies • Case studies

  3. History of Copernicus Publications • Founding of Copernicus in 1988 as a spin-off of the Max-Planck- Institute for Solar System Research • Organization of scientific meetings & conferences since 1988 • 1994 Start of Copernicus Publications • 2001 Start of the first open access society journal, followed by the move of the other journals towards OA • 2014Copernicus Publications publishes 36peer-reviewed open access journals and 17access-reviewed scientific discussion forums • 31 journals owned by/affiliated to learned societies and other scientific organizations • 50 Staff members, offices in Göttingen/Germany • Co-founder of OASPA, member of stm, member of ORCID • 169,000 pages | 7,200 papers published in 2013

  4. Business Model • Customers • Learnedsocieties • Scientific institutions • Groups of researchers Ownership • Model 1: Copernicus is owner and publisher (5/36) • Model 2: Copernicus is the publisher as licensee (30/36)

  5. Copernicus License Model • Leave it to the Scientists • Partner with scientific associations • Let societies own titles and let them control the editorial policy • Listen to scientists and tailor your services  Participation and transparency for the scientists • Licensing and Start-up Phase • Agreement on service allowance for Copernicus • Societies determine the APCs – from waivers to surplus • Business is run by Copernicus, societies earn license fee

  6. Financing Article Processing Charges (APCs) • Page charges  heterogeneous manuscript types • 10% free pages budget • No extra charges for supplements, coloured figures etc. • Costs for a 10-pages article: between 550 and 960 Euro Start-up Phase • New journals  introduction of APCs after inclusion in the Web of Science • Established journals with IF  introduction of APCs • Time until indexation  journal needs to be supported • New journals: cross-financing through conferences and memberships • Existingjournals: maintenance of revenues

  7. Service Strategies for Societies • Presentation: journal-specific web portal and libraries • Identification: journal = community (e.g. society sub-group) • Relation to scientists: partnership • Philosophy: one-stop customized solutions& solid workmanship • Publisher as a service provider!

  8. Triple OA Strategy 1 OA1 – Open Access to the Manufacture 2 OA2 – Open Access to the Review 3 OA3 – Open Access to the Publications

  9. OA1 – Open Access to the Manufacture From Submission… …to Acceptance • Review Process • 1-2 personal contacts for Editors, Referees & Authors • Online review system with extended personal support • Publication Production • 1 personal contact for Authors from acceptance to publication • Project teams of 2-3 permanent staff members • No limitation on proof-readings From Acceptance… …to Publication  Open Access Library + Alert Service  (e)Archiving worldwide  Indexing in databases and search engines

  10. OA2 – Open Access to the Review • OA has the Potential to Enhance the Quality! • Submitted manuscripts can be OA • Reviewer reports can be OA • Manuscripts can be discussed OA • The accepted publication can be OA

  11. Innovative Approach for the Review Process (Optional) • Public Peer-Review & Interactive Public Discussion • Rapid access-review → publication as discussion paper • Interactive public discussion: published referee comments, author comments & comments of the scientific community • Paper revision & final acceptance → publication as final revised paper • Designed to • Foster scientific discussion; • Maximize the effectiveness and transparency of scientific quality assurance; • Enable rapid publication of new scientific results; • Make scientific publications freely accessible.

  12. 1. Submission 2. Access Review 3. Technical Corrections 4. Publication as D-paper Referees 5. Discussion Comments 6. Revision 5 7. Revised Submission 2 8. Peer-Review Completion 8 9. Final Revised Publication Referee Comments 6 1 5 7 Editor 4 Author Author 3 Author Comments 9 Short Comments Discussion Paper 1st Stage (Discussion Forum) 2nd Stage (Journal) 5 Final Revised Paper Scientific Community Public Peer-Review & Interactive Public Discussion Editor

  13. Anyone is free: to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work to Remix — to adapt the work Under the following conditions: Attribution. The original authors must be given credit. OA3 – Open Access to the Publications

  14. Article Level Metrics • Usage (downloads, views) • Impact (citations) • Saved (bookmarks) • Discussion (social media)

  15. Case Studies – Geographica Helvetica • Owned by AssociationSuisse de Géographie(ASG) and Geographisch-Ethnographische Gesellschaft Zürich (GEGZ) • Supported by Swiss Academy of Science • Print-only publication till 2012 • Transition (2012-2014) • Subscription includes free online access • Vol. 67 (2012) OA on 01 January 2013, Vol. 68 (2013) OA on 01 January 2014 • Back files (since 1946): OA • Immediate OA in 2015!

  16. Case Studies – AnnalesGeophysicae • Owned by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) • Published by Springer till 2001 • Move to Open Access in 2008 • Introduction of APCs in 2009

  17. Case Studies – Fossil Record • Owned by Museum fürNaturkunde Berlin • Published by Wiley till Vol. 16, Iss. 2 (2013) • Impact Factor 0.913 (2013) • OA since 01 January 2014 • Immediate introduction of APCs

  18. Case Studies – Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems • Owned by AMA Verband für Sensorik und Messtechnik • Newly launched in 2012 • APCs currently waived • 36 articles published

  19. Thank you very much for your attention!

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