Transcript Open Access & Scholarly Authors - D
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Center for Research and Evaluation Research Methodology Series February 20, 2012
Open Access Journals: the Pros and Cons
Andrea Ketchum MLIS AHIP [email protected]
Mary Lou Klem PhD MLIS [email protected]
Health Sciences Library System 200 Scaife Hall University of Pittsburgh
We are only at the beginning of
Open Access
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1. Open Access Overview 1. Definition 2. Evolution of Open Access 2. Pros and Cons 3. How to be more Open
Definition: Open Access
Open access is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. -- Peter Suber http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm
The understanding 1665 - now Print journals were purchased by individuals or libraries, where patrons could read and make copies of articles if needed. Print issues were owned by the library & available to library patrons. Scholars provide original, well written research articles Equilibrium Publishers promote scholars by disseminating their research In exchange, scholar-authors receive
good reputation, career advancement
. In exchange, publishers receive
money
through subscriptions.
“Crisis in Scholarly Communication”
• Skyrocketing journal prices • Cancelled subscriptions • Budgets decimated • Reduced access Journals http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/monser06.pdf
Examples of annual library subscriptions (2012 prices)
• • • • • $30,860 Journal of Comparative Neurology (Wiley) $24,047 Brain Research (Elsevier) $20,269 Tetrahedron (Elsevier) $11,444 Gene (Elsevier) $10,840 International Journal of Pharmaceutics (Elsevier) Information from publisher Web sites February 2012
New Reality of Online Journals: Imbalance
Scholars provide original, well-written research. *Dorsey ER, George BP, Dayoub EJ, Ravina BM. Finances of the publishers of the most highly cited US medical journals. Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA [Internet]. 2011;99(3):255.
We need a new model
“ This is not about ideology anymore. It’s about creating the best, most efficient mechanisms for getting research to those who need it.” Cameron Neylon, Science and Technology Facilities Council UK November 11, 2011 Berlin 9 Open Access Conference Washington, D.C. Photo “Big Ben” @2010 by Damo1977, used under Creative Commons license : http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Remember 1665 goal of arrangement between scholars and publishers? <<
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Update Definition of Open Access
Open access is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
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Open access is about creating a more efficient way to get research to those who need it = greater dissemination
Payers No Pay
Business Models
OLD: Closed NEW Alternative: Open Access
READERS/USERS
(Subscriptions) mostly pay for production of journal
CONTENT PROVIDERS
NO AUTHOR fees
CONTENT PROVIDERS
(Author fees, etc. ) mostly pay for production of journal
READERS/USERS
No Subscriptions!
Free for all to read = Open Access
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Pros and Cons
Two roles: Researcher & Author Pros – Free access to all = wider dissemination • More readers see YOUR work • You will also have access to more of others’ work! – Author often retains copyright – Global • Exposure to culturally diverse opinions, practices Cons – May charge Author Fee to publish – not always!
– “Predator” journals or spam – Quality of journals can be uneven – judge each by their own merits. • Even traditional journals can vary in quality!
Open Access Author Fees
35,0%
Open Access - Distribution of Author Fees
30,0% 24,3% 25,0% 21,5% 20,0% 32,3% 15,0% 12,5% 10 Publishers Bentham Science BioMedCentral Dove Press Frontiers Hindawi Libertas Academica MEDKNOW PAGEPress PLoS VersitaOpen(Hlth) 10,0% 5,1% 4,2% 5,0% 0,0% $0 N = 1150 $1-$500 $501-$1,000 $1,001-$1,500 $1,501-$2,000 $2,001-$2,500 For more detail: http://goo.gl/gxmcq
Examples: Free to Publish
– BMC Addiction Science & Clinical Practice – BMC Chiropractic & Manual Therapies – BMC Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research – Hindawi Case Reports in Pediatrics – Hindawi Arthritis – MEDKNOW Journal of Clinical Neonatology – MEDKNOW Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology
How can Open Access help you?
• • • Impact practice – Increased availability of current research Control – Optimize dissemination Convenience – No more ordering articles from Document Delivery – No more doing without!
Publish as “Open” as possible: Shop Around for a journal!
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Use online tools to find a journal that meets your needs. Questions to ask: How ‘open’ is this journal? Is this Open Access journal peer-reviewed?
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Author fees vary, but many do not charge at all. Remember: Author fees often paid by research funder Author fees may be waived if need proven NIH allows you to budget for Author fees Read the Publisher’s Agreement before selecting the journal! We’re here to help!
Contact us for assistance!
Tools for Selecting an Open Access Journal Focus on your research.
Available online via HSLS and PITTCat catalog http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/ Contact us for help using these tools to optimize journal selection for dissemination. http://www.doaj.org/ http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
Repositories – a few words…
Repositories are the online storage facilities for public versions of research articles and other scholarly research materials.
Repositories are easily searchable by Google. • • • Institutional – University of Pittsburgh: D-Scholarship@Pitt – – MIT: DSpace@MIT Harvard: DASH Subject – PubMed Central is a Repository!
OpenDOAR – Directory of Open Access Repositories (2,000+) – Yes, it’s full-text searchable! http://www.opendoar.org/
Put something in
Repositories: 2 sides to a coin
Get something out Deposit • Contribute article to Repository Search • Search global Repositories simultaneously Cite • Increase your discoverability and citation count Discover • Find new authors, ideas Preserve • Preserve your work automatically Share • Collaborate, share
Retain control of your work
Traditionally, many authors give all of their Author Rights to the publisher.
• • Retain rights to your own work by publishing in an Open Access journal; using an Author Addendum to retain the right to deposit a copy of your paper in your institutions’ repository and/or other activities.
The NIH Public Access Policy requires that you retain the right to deposit a copy of your NIH-funded work in PubMed Central within 12 months. Your publisher must agree to this. Check your publisher agreement or insert the proper language. (See the HSLS NIH Public Access Policy page.)
Author Addendum
Statement that you retain certain rights to your own work. Download, fill in, and attach to your publisher agreement. The publisher may agree or not, but you’ll never get an answer if you do not ask! A contract is an opportunity to negotiate. • • SPARC Author Addendum – http://www.arl.org/sparc/author/ Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine – http://scholars.sciencecommons.org/
What’s happening at Pitt?
Proposed OA Policy @Pitt
• Provides for dissemination of scholarly works (articles only) by university authors based on Open Access principles • Applicable only to the University schools and responsibility centers that adopt it • Scholarly works to be deposited in the University’s institutional repository, D-Scholarship@Pitt
Proposed OA Policy @Pitt
• Not intended to impose limitations on where University authors can publish, now or in the future • Applies only to scholarly works for which the author retains copyright or the publisher allows deposit in local repository. • • Depending on publisher policy, authors may deposit: – – – author’s pre-publication manuscript final edited copy (pre-print) final published version (post-print) Includes provisions to waive deposit requirement if permission is not granted by the publisher
Proposed OA Policy—Faculty role
• Will retain copyright for works deposited, unless the author transfers copyright for the work to a publisher • • May self-deposit works or designate a proxy to deposit works May, at own discretion, deposit other scholarship, such as books, book chapters, manuscripts, monographs, conference materials, multimedia files, and data files supporting research
Start Your Own Open Access E-Journal
• • • Pitt has licensed e-journal publishing software Free hosting and configurable system for online editorial workflow and publication Partner with HSLS!
Questions?
Open Access Info @ HSLS
– Andrea Ketchum • [email protected]
; 412-648-9757 – Mary Lou Klem • [email protected]
; 412-383-9947 – HSLS WebSite www.hsls.pitt.edu
• NIH Public Access Policy • Ask A Librarian
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Bibliography
ARL Statistics 2003-04, Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C. http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/monser06.pdf
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=24 full text individual journals!) (Note: search for journal titles + search Dorsey ER, George BP, Dayoub EJ, Ravina BM. Finances of the publishers of the most highly cited US medical journals. Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA [Internet]. 2011;99(3):255. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3133891/pdf/mlab-99-03-255.pdf
Harvard University Institutional Repository: DASH http://dash.harvard.edu/ Howard, J. At Open-Access Meeting, Advocates Emphasize the Impact of Sharing Knowledge. Chronicle of Higher Education: Wired Campus. Nov. 11, 2011. http://goo.gl/RLwiC MIT Institutional Repository: D-Space@MIT http://dspace.mit.edu/ OpenDOAR Directory of Open Access Repositories http://www.opendoar.org/ Right to Research Coalition. http://www.righttoresearch.org/learn/problem/index.shtml
Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine. http://scholars.sciencecommons.org/ SHERPA/RoMEO.
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.php?fIDnum=|&mode=simple&l a=en Directory of Publisher/journal copyright policies SPARC Author Addendum. http://www.arl.org/sparc/author/ Suber, P. Open Access Overview. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm
Last revised November 6, 2010.
University of Pittsburgh Institutional Repository - D-Scholarship@Pitt [email protected]
D HSLS NIH Public Access Policy page. http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/resources/nihpublicaccess Andrea M. Ketchum MLIS AHIP Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh February 2012
Be Open to Open Access!
Thank you for attending!
Questions? Comments? Contact Andrea Ketchum MLIS AHIP Health Sciences Library System 200 Scaife Hall University of Pittsburgh [email protected]
412-648-9757 Mary Lou Klem PhD MLIS Health Sciences Library System 200 Scaife Hall University of Pittsburgh [email protected]
412-383-9947