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Open Access Publishing:BioMed Central’s
experience
Matthew CockerillPublisher, BioMed Central
EC conference on scientific publishing, Brussels, 15-16th Feb 2007
Open access publishing works!
About BioMed Central
Commercial open access publisher Launched first open access journals in
2000 Now publish >160 OA titles >22,000 peer-reviewed OA articles
published All research articles published under
Creative Commons licence, allowing freedom to reuse/redistribute
BioMed Central’s business model
Costs covered by Article Processing Charge (APC)
APC varies by journal - typically around €1000
Institutions receive APC discount in return for bulk payment (Institutional Membership)
Measures of success
1. Quantity2. Quality3. Finance
1. Quantity
Quarterly article submissions to BioMed Central OA journals
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Specific subject areas
Malaria Journal home page
Am J Trop Med Hyg (112/year)
Trop Med Int Health (59)Mol Biol Parasit (57)Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (54)Infect Immunity (49)Parasitol Today/Trends (45)
J Inf Dis (38)Lancet (37)Acta Trop (30)
27% of all papers are published in a small numbers of journals, each publishing regularly over 30 papers per annum
Where are papers on malaria published ?
Am J Trop Med Hyg (112/year)
Trop Med Int Health (59)Mol Biol Parasit (57)Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (54)Infect Immunity (49)Parasitol Today/Trends (45)
J Inf Dis (38)Lancet (37)Acta Trop (30)
27% of all papers are published in a small numbers of journals, each publishing regularly over 30 papers per annum
Malaria Journal
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Where are papers on malaria published ?
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2. Quality
High impact journals
Just some examples of BioMed Central journals that have already achieved excellent Impact Factors for their fields
2006 BioMed Central Research Award for Medicine
A population-based study of human immunodeficiency virus in south India reveals major differences from sentinel surveillance-based estimatesDandona L, Lakshmi V, Sudha T, Kumar GA, Dandona RBMC Medicine 2006, 4:31 (13 December 2006)
3. Finance
BioMed Central Finances
Average face-value of Article Processing Charge: circa €1000
Realized income per article, after discounts and waivers: circa €800
Based on current trends, we expect to be able to announce break-even before the end of 2007
Finances (contd.)
Academic community currently spends vast sums on subscription journals
Funding made available for OA publication is still very small
This makes OA publication more difficult than it needs to be
Institutions and funders can help speed uptake of OA by ensuring funds are available for OA publication
Funder open access policies: the role of OA archives and OA journals
OA archives and OA publishing - complementary approaches
Immediately enforceable
Much better than nothing
Not a full solution in themselves
OA archives Provides a more complete
long term solution
Works well with archives
Won’t happen overnight
OA publishing
Why are OA archives and OA publishing such a good fit?
The success of Open Access publishing makes the argument that repositories threaten subscriptions moot
Open Access journals demonstrate that the peer-review system:– does not depend on subscription barriers– is not threatened by open access
repositories
Why should funders and govts take active steps to encourage OA?
Open access will transform science Publications are the building blocks for
future research Investment required to deliver full open
access is just 1-2% of research spend Open access publication can ultimately
deliver savings, via increased market efficiency
What can funders and govts do to facilitate move to Open Access?
Wellcome Trust and CERN open access policies offer good model– Mandatory deposit in an open access archive– Clear preference for open access publication– Funds made available to ensure that open
access publication choice is available to authors
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