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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
FOR OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATIONS
Muhammad Shakeel,
Editorial Director
Science Publications Australia
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- We have seen the introduction, success and demise of
many technologies and business strategies
- One main example being Kodak’s highly popular and
successful film cameras
- It failed after the introduction of digital cameras
- We have a similar situation with Subscription-Based
publishing
- Open Access is on the verge of replacing the
traditional publishing model
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UNETHICAL OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING
- Has become very easy for people with spare time and a
few computer skills to launch their own publication
- This is damaging the open access concept
- Two incidents presented today are:
- SciencePublication.org a publisher of two open access
journals
- Journal of Coastal Life Medicine
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- Uses our publisher’s name in its efforts to cash our
brand name
- Serious case of Identify Theft in both South Australia
and in the
United States
Original Publisher
Website
Domain:thescipub.co
m
Hoax Publisher
Website
Domain:sciencepublic
ation.org
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OPEN ACCESS STATISTICS
As of August 2014,
DOAJ reported the inclusion of
9,947 journals
As of February 2013
Electronic Journals
Library (EZB) reports
38,483 e-journals
ALARMING CONSIDERING THAT MOST PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT FOLLOWING ANY
GUIDELINES
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- Standardization is defined as the process of developing
and implementing technical standards.
- It is necessary to develop a model that can be used by
all open access publications
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
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IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED
MODEL
IN SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS: A CASE
STUDY- We have implemented this model for one of our
journals
- This model is highly effective and very efficient
- Only concern is the availability of reviewers
- Some of them are busy with their academic duties
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CONCLUSION
- Open Access Publishing is a viable publishing concept
- Publications need to follow some guidelines (SOP) to
ensure the quality of the Open Access model
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The ACSE should establish committees to work on the following
suggestions:
1. Recommend a standard operating procedure for scholarly journals.
2. Offer courses to authors, reviewers and editors regarding different
aspects of the publication process.
3. Design and Offer extensive courses regarding the ethical issues that
can arise during the publishing process. If possible the committee should
collaborate with COPE to arrange seminars with experts in the field of
publication ethics.
4. If any member is found to be involved in unethical practice, some fines
should be applied or the party at fault should be enforced to attend some
specially designed course for the such incident. Penalty may be deposited
to the account of ACSE.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
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