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UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar 15 October 2019, Vilnius Max Haring, PhD m.haring@uva.nl

UNIVERSITY JOURNALS An open access publishing platform owned by universities, linked to repositories. UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar 15 October 2019, Vilnius Max Haring, PhD m.haring@uva.nl.

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UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar 15 October 2019, Vilnius Max Haring, PhD m.haring@uva.nl

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  1. UNIVERSITY JOURNALSAn open access publishing platform owned by universities, linked to repositories. UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar 15 October 2019, Vilnius Max Haring, PhD m.haring@uva.nl

  2. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/07/16/hasnt-academy-taken-back-control-publishing-already/https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/07/16/hasnt-academy-taken-back-control-publishing-already/

  3. Academic publishing service - close to the universities Why? Publisher oligopoly, high publication costs Slow move to Open Access Needed: To publish fully and quickly Transparency, research integrity No publication bias Owned and funded by universities No costs for researchers https://universityjournals.eu/

  4. University Journals: a new OA platform Not a University Press Academicpublishing services close totheuniversity • Alternative publication platform • Linked to institutional repositories • Moving beyond Green and Gold OA Innovative & efficient quality assurance & peer review Complies with Open Science ambitions • Publish all research products • Plan S, DORA and OA2020

  5. Aim: To streamline peer-review • Peer-review crisis • Lengthy time-to-decision • High rejectionrates • Inefficientresubmissions • How: • Fast baseline review for most papers • Predictableoutcome • Managedbyuniversities • Option: traditional external peer-review https://theconversation.com/the-peer-review-system-for-academic-papers-is-badly-in-need-of-repair-72669

  6. ✓ Peer review 5. post-publication UJ platform University Repository 2. Quality Assurance 4. Publication 1. Researcher ✓ Direct submission ✓ 3. Option: traditional peer review Option: Ingest 5. Reader comments

  7. UJ platform • For readers • Article-first presentation • Advanced search and accessible for etc. • Find articles based on: • University • Review status • Discipline or keyword • …. • University homepages withfeaturedarticles

  8. Article page Review Status University branding Open reviews Alternativemetrics

  9. University homepage Institutes Collections

  10. Development timeline Thirteen universities are setting up the publication and dissemination process. July 2019 PICA Foundation starting grant October 2019 Preliminary plan & workflow January 2020 Final plan + budget Q1-Q2 2020 Technical development June 2020 (Beta)version of the platform Q3-Q4 2020 Launch

  11. University Journals Academicpublishing close totheuniversity University libraries promoting Open Science Sustainable Open Access without APC Meetsrequirements Plan S etc. Publication with efficient quality controlQuestions or comments? m.haring@uva.nl https://universityjournals.eu/

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