The Changing World of Journal Publications

AIBS Council Meeting

David Crotty Senior Editor, Oxford University Press [email protected]

December 5, 2012

Online Behavior Evolves

Referrers

Visits

Google = 68,838,122 PubMed = 7,611,989 Google Translate = 797,088 Search.com = 486,305 Bing = 414,668 Wikipedia = 319,951 Yahoo = 318,039 HighWire = 288,966 Ask Jeeves = 224,204 Facebook = 201,996

Online Behavior Evolves

Entry Pages

Online Behavior Evolves

Restoring Serendipity

Mobile

Mobile

Altmetrics

Moving Beyond the Impact Factor

Social Media

Filtering Information Overload

Open Access

Extraordinary Growth

Open Access

A Low Priority for Most Researchers • Despite growth in OA journals, articles, submission levels to subscription journals continue to grow • Hybrid OA uptake continues to decline • Studies consistently rank OA at the bottom for author priority • Compliance with OA policies remains low

Open Access

Moving from the Carrot to the Stick • Public and Private Funding Agencies see OA as beneficial — more bang for their buck • Introducing OA Mandate Policies • Introducing Enforcement Policies

Finch Report

Summary of Findings •

Implementation

OA journals (including hybrid) should be the main method of publication of research, especially publicly funded research • OA should be funded through APCs • More effective and flexible funding arrangements for OA • Minimize restrictions on use and re-use

Open Access

New Funder Policies

RCUK —April 1, 2013

Funded articles must be compliant with RCUK OA policy

– Option 1: Immediately available, APC paid, immediate deposit in repositories, CC-BY – Option 2: Deposit of accepted manuscripts in repositories, 6 month embargo, no APC paid, CC-BY-NC

Wellcome Trust

Expects authors to make their results freely available

– PMC/UKPMC deposit within 6 months – Will pay APC’s – CC-BY required beginning April, 2013 – Funding withheld from authors found not in compliance

Open Access

New Funder Policies

NIH

– Since 2008, NIH-funded papers must be deposited in PMC with a 12 month embargo – New enforcement policy (April 2013) will prevent continuation of funding for any non-compliant authors

Other US Government Funding Agencies

America COMPETES Act requires OSTP set policy

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Open Access

Unresolved Matters • Money • Embargos • Licensing Terms

Open Access

The Bottom Line • Broadening access to the research literature is a good thing • Adversarial nature of the discussion is counterproductive • Our job is to figure out how to make it work

A new shared understanding needs to develop of the interlocking roles of the various parties: researchers, policy-makers, funders, university managers, librarians, publishers and other intermediaries…The future development of an effective research communications system is too important to leave to chance.

Finch Report

Thanks!

David Crotty Senior Editor, Oxford University Press [email protected]