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Fostering Open Access: Strategies and Activities of SNSF Open Access Day at EPFL, October, 24, 2013 Dr Daniel Höchli, Director of the Administrative Offices. Contents. Towards a new publication system Open Access: principles and policy of SNSF Outlook and discussion: Open Science.

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  1. FosteringOpen Access: StrategiesandActivities of SNSFOpen Access Day at EPFL, October, 24, 2013Dr Daniel Höchli, Director of the Administrative Offices

  2. Contents Towards a new publication system Open Access: principles and policy of SNSF Outlook and discussion: Open Science

  3. 1. Towards a new publication system

  4. The traditional publication system organisingpeerreview, copyediting, printing submissionofpapers; effectingpeerreview Publishers Researchers grants; subsidisingprintofmonographs payingsubscriptionfees providingaccess Libraries Funders Institutions

  5. A Tom Sawyer Economy ? • Publishers makingprofits out oftheunpaidlaborofauthors, editorsandreferees • Competitionbetweenlibrariesandpublishers on publicfunds • Big dealsimprovedaccesstoresearchresults, but leadingtoinefficiencyandprofitmaximisation in thelongrun • Digitalisationenablescost-savingpublishingwhatrequiresnewbusinessmodels Odlyzko (2013): http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.1105

  6. The greenroad (self-archiving) organisingpeerreview, copyediting, printing submission; effectingpeerreview Publishers Researchers Readers payingaccessfees grants; subsidisingprintofmonographs; OA mandate payingsubscriptionfees self-archiving providingaccess Repositories running Libraries Funders Institutions

  7. Doesthegreenroadworkwell ? • Researchers arereluctanttoself-archive • Constraintssetbypublishers • Quality assuranceandcitingissuesrelatedto different versions(pre-prints, post-prints, Publishers pdfs) • Subscriptionfeespersist on high level • Additional coststorunrepositories

  8. The goldroad organisingpeerreview, copyediting, print on demand Readers providingaccess Publishers Researchers effectingpeerreview; submission; paying APCs grants including subsidiesfor APCs; subsidisingOA monographs ? payingmembershipfeesfor all affiliatedresearchers subsidising APCs Libraries Funders Institutions block grants ?

  9. The diamondroad organisingpeerreview, copyediting, print on demand Readers providingaccess Publishers Researchers newcost-savingpublishingmodels effectingpeerreview; submission; paying APCs grants including subsidiesfor APCs; subsidisingOA monographs ? payingmembershipfeesfor all affiliatedresearchers subsidising APCs Libraries Funders Institutions block grants ?

  10. Will thegoldroadworkwell ? • Researchers arereluctanttopublish in Open Access • Strategic attitudeofpublishersto save profits: • double-dippingwith hybrid models • Replacing expensive subscriptionfeesby expensive articleprocessingcharges (APCs) ? • Doubtsaboutqualityassurance (authorspay APCs forbeeingpublished)

  11. http://oa.mpg.de/files/2010/04/publwege_en.jpg Assuring authorsof OA isimportant

  12. Whyareresearchersreluctanttopublish in Open Access ? • Impact factorcriticalforcareerdevelopment • Costsfor OA publishing • Quality andreliabilityof OA journals • Noremunerationforresearcherspublishing in OA(e.g. books, educational material) http://openscience.com/why-scientists-are-reluctant-to-publish-in-open-access

  13. Whatisneeded ? • Improvingreputationof OA journalsby e.g. • convincingrenounedseniorresearcherstopublish in OA journals • Supportingmeasurestocovercostsfor OA publishing • Quality assurancemechanismsforrepositoriesand OA journals • Incentivesforresearcherstopublish in OA; e.g.: • additional valueby additional services • considerationforevaluation

  14. Positions in thetransitionprocess Publishers: • still searchingfortheirfuturerole • prevalentresistancetosystemicchange • startengagingwithnewbusinessmodels Scientific Community: • limited publicfundsandchanging cash flows • cost-savingpublishingmodelstoprefer • noresponsibilityto save publishers

  15. 2. OA: principlesandpolicyofSNSF

  16. SNSF’s princples regarding Open Access Green Road and Gold Road as well as any other emerging strategy for the transition to full Open Access are welcome, if they contain: • Free choice of researchers where to publish • Quality assurance mechanisms (e.g. peer review) • Highest access and dissemination of research results • Cost-saving publication models

  17. SNSF’s commitment to Open Access SNSF is committed • to promote Open Access • in his own sphere of competence • together with his national and international partners

  18. Open Access mandatesince 2008 • All research results funded by the SNSF (publications) • Monographs and editions exempt from OA provisions • Self-archiving (green road): repository or web • If possible: publisher’s pdf or post-print before pre-print (quality assurance, citation ability) • If OA publication is verifiably impossible by reason of technical, legal or contractual obstacles: inform SNSF (obligation fulfilled)

  19. Revised Open Access policy ofSNSF(asof 1 October 2013) • SNSF encourages researchers to opt for the Gold Road where possible (no obligation to the Gold Road). • Costs of publication in a purely OA journal with an academically acknowledged level of quality can be claimed from the agreed project funding up to a limit of CHF 3000 per publication during the project lifetime. • Hybrid modelsareexcluded. • Coming into effect on 1 October 2013 and provisionally limited until 31 December 2016. Applies equally to projects that are already running on 1 October 2013. • Green Road: embargoperiodsshouldpreferably not exceed 6 months in general

  20. International coordination • Science Europe working groups on Open Access to publications and to research data • Global Research Council Action Plan on Open Access

  21. 3. Outlook and discussion: Open Science

  22. Development towards Open Science gains political support OA-Days 1./2.10.2013 Hamburg «Open Access shouldn’tbeconsideredas an isolatedtopic, but aspartof an overalldevelopment towards Open Science. Just thecontextualisationof Open Access publicationswithresearchdataand Open Educational Material, embedded in socialnetworksbreakstheground.» http://idw-online.de/pages/de/news556570

  23. e.g. ResearchGate.net • platform built by scientists for scientists in 2008 • to share publications and data, to connect, discuss and collaborate with colleagues, providing statistics and metrics about research, offering research-focused job board • over 3 million researchers have already joined sharing over 50 million abstracts and over 11 million full texts -> Open Science ? • signing-up restricted to researchers • no public access to research results

  24. Open Science: a realisticvision ? supporting services Readers Providers providingaccess Researchers in socialnetworks • submitting • effectingqualitycontrol • publishing • providingaccess • discussing • collaborating • assessing / ranking grantsincludingsupportfor publishingactivities running / payingforsupporting Services contributing tosupportingservices ? Libraries Funders Institutions

  25. SNSF web dossier Dossier Open Access: http://www.snf.ch/E/current/Dossiers/Pages/open-access.aspx Person in charge of Open Access: F. Jeker: fabian.jeker@snf.ch

  26. Thank you for your attention

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