Open Medicine The Story So Far

Is open access publishing for you?

Anita Palepu MSFHR Senior Scholar, Scientist, CHEOS; Associate Professor of Medicine, UBC; Co-editor, Open Medicine Simon Fraser Library May 16, 2008 Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

Roadmap

Open Medicine

• How we got here and who we are • How we do it • Canadian support for OA- update – CIHR • Worldwide support for OA- update – European Research Council – National Institutes of Health – Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

Recurring Theme

Conflict between publisher and editor is a recurring theme Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

2006

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Plan B

• Canadian Pharmacists Association complained to CMA about a news article on Plan B • Publisher instructed editors to withhold article on grounds that investigative reporting isn’t scientific research • Clear interference with editorial autonomy • Prioritized relationship with a collegial professional body over best interests of patients http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/174/7/945 Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

Editorial Independence

• Effective governance depends on the integrity of both parties (publisher/editor) • An editor who doesn't share the values of the association/publisher is vulnerable to loss of autonomy • A truly independent journal may not be able to exist within traditional publisher editor relationship Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

A Healthier Publishing Model

• Our first responsibility is to do no harm • Irresponsible

not

to build a medical publishing model that will serve Canadians with greater integrity Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

Public Knowledge Project

“How are we to ensure the university’s contribution to a fairer world if access to the research it produces about the world is itself a source of inequality?” QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture.

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Public Knowledge Project

• Research and open source software development – Open Journal System is a journal management and publishing system developed by PKP • Addressing the urgent need to realize internet’s potential contribution to public sphere of knowledge • Expanding the realm of public education Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

What is Open Medicine?

• Peer-reviewed, independent, open-access general medical journal • Examines issues relevant to health and clinical medicine both in Canada and internationally

Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

Who we are

Anita Palepu Stephen Choi Claire Kendall Sally Murray Anne Marie Todkill John Hoey James Maskalyk Borthwick Alison Sinclair Tarek Loubani James Brophy Dean Giustini David Moher William Ghali Peter Faris Lindsay John Willinsky Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

Our Values at Open Medicine

1. Open access 2. Author retains copyright 3. Publishing excellence 4. Editorial autonomy 5. Financial independence 6. Political independence 7. Local community and international engagement 8. Technological innovation Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

How we do it?

1. Creative Commons license 2. Experienced, committed editorial team 3. Governance with Board of Directors 4. Advertising policy 5. New economic models 6. No embargo policy 7. Open source software Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

How we do it?

• Open source software – Development of ideas and code – Drupal to manage to OM Blog – Lemon8-XML conversion to allow indexing – Publicly available resource – Improves the global circulation of knowledge Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

How we do it?

Collaboration

other journals especially PLoS passionate volunteers

Blood, sweat, mutual support Belief that we are making a difference to the way we share scientific knowledge

Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

Current Library Partners

• Simon Fraser University Library – Serves to host the OM website – THANK YOU • University of Victoria Library • University of Toronto Library • Queens University Library • University of Ottawa Library • University of Guelph Library Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

At your institution

• Insist on policies that promote and support self-archiving • Encourage faculty to retain copyright of their work • Recommend that funding agencies and institutions sponsor publication charges Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

At your institution

• Hiring, promotion, and tenure –Value

all

peer-reviewed publications –Recognize that those committed enough to the advancement of research in their field to make their work open access should be

rewarded, not penalized

Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

CIHR

"The aim is to establish a policy that will both help researchers account an gain access ethical and legal to the products of research and support CIHR's efforts in facilitating the translation and use of knowledge, while taking into considerations. Furthermore, as a recipient of public funds there is obligation to Canadians to ensure that the results and products of research supported by CIHR are disseminated as widely as possible so that all parties benefit from these research outcomes.” Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

CIHR

• Submit manuscript to a journal that offers immediate open access access to the manuscript on its website within six months or offers open • Submit manuscript to a journal that does not offer open access, but will permit you to archive the peer-reviewed manuscript in a central or institutional repository months of publication within 6 • This policy also applies to the availability of datasets Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

European Research Council

• All peer-reviewed publications from ERC funded research projects be deposited on publication into an appropriate research repository where available, such as PubMed Central, ArXiv or an institutional repository, and subsequently made Open Access within 6 months of publication • Essential that primary data are deposited to the relevant databases as soon as possible, preferably immediately after publication and in any case not later than 6 months after the date of publication Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

NIH

• New legislation • All NIH-funded research published in peer reviewed journals • Must send a copy of the final manuscript upon acceptance to PubMed Central and allows for up to 12 months of embargo • Authors retain the right policy, even if they transfer other rights to publisher to comply with NIH • Only requires NIH grantee compliance Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

Harvard FAS OA Mandate

• Harvard FAS first US university-level OA mandate • Policy focused on permissions rather than deposits – Faculty provide Harvard non-exclusive permission to “exercise any and all rights under copyright” over their scholarly articles, which includes permission to disseminate OA copies through institutional repositories – Faculty send digital copies of their articles to the Provost’s Office • 12 other institutional mandates and 3 departmental mandates in nine countries: Australia, Belgium, France, India, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

What you can do

• • • • • • Submit Read and disseminate our content and our OM blog Register at Peer review www.openmedicine.ca

Bring our content to life- add comments Ask library associates to list OM and to be a Library Partner Open Medicine A peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.

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