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How do we manage scientific journals at the UOC?
7 things we do well (and some areas we need to improve)
StudyTrip Universidade Aberta (Uab) - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Porto, 26 November 2012
I. How we are organisedII. How we workIII. 7 things we do wellIV. Areas for improvementV. Conclusions
Summary
I. How we are organised
About the UOC
• Granted official status in 1995
• An online university that uses a new distance learning model, no on-site classes
• Students and lecturers access the virtual campus asynchronously
• 60,876 students• 35,237 graduates
My department: Communication
Department of Communication
Press Office Internal Communication Audiovisuals Linguistics
servicePortal & Internet
Publications
My team: Internet Publications
Portal & Internet Publications
Portal Social Media Internet publications
II. How we work
Our scientific journals
• Artnodes• Digithum• RUSC• IDP• Journal of
Conflictology• Anàlisi
• Scientific• Formal standards• Management standards
(peer review, etc)• Digital• Open access
- Free access (no payment required)
- Open content (as well as free of charge, material can be reused, and authors can self-archive)
What do we do?: a) Publishing management
Editing Translations Layout Publication Indexing etc.
What do we do?b) Strategic coordination
Tasks Approval of editorial criteria Establish policies and
strategies Evaluate new journals Monitor objectives
Members Vice President for Research (chair) 2 researchers Library Director Editorial UOC Director of Communication Director of Internet Publications
Publications Committee
III. 10 things we do well
1. Dovetail with governance strategy
• Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
• Institutional mandate on open access
• Publications Commitee
1. Dovetail with governance strategy
2. Route map: Strategic Indexing Plan
Strategic Indexing Plan
1. How, why, where and when to index
2. Ensure compliance with quality standards
3. Communication microplans
4. Proposal on presence in Social Web
Increase visibility to raise impact, obtain the corresponding metrics
3. Open Journal System platform
System for management of academic journals: OJS
1. Programme for management and publication of academic journals
2. Promoted by Public Knowledge Project (Simon Fraser University, Stanford University, University of Pittsburgh, California Digital Library)
3. Open Source (community, support forums)
4. Used by 11,500 journals (Dec. 2011)
System for management of academic journals: OJS
5. It provides a workflow that facilitates editorial process flows (peer review, editing procedures)
6. Subscription management, notifications
7. Standards (OAI-PMH, repository interoperability
4. Recognition of workload (lecturers involved in journal management)
Recognition of workload
Hours devoted to the academic management of UOC journals are detailed in the annual objectives agreed with the dean or director of studies.
5. Modification of CC licenses:NC-ND-BY to BY
Modification of CC licenses: from NC-ND-BY to BY
Threefold objective:- Increase visibility (also in databases that
make commercial use of their content: EBSCO)
- Improve the rank of our journals in indexes (MIAR > Fuente Académica - EBSCO)
- Simplify author rights management
6. Collaboration with UOC’s Publishing House (Editorial UOC)
Collaboration with UOC’s Publishing House (Editorial UOC)
7. Co-publishing
Co-publishing
Anàlisi: Co-published by UOC-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
RUSC:Co-published by UOC-University of New England
IV. Some areas for improvement
Areas for improvement
1. More external funding (publicity, research projects… authors payment?)
2. More co-publications
3. Open Data
4. More coordination with D. of MK (journals references in course offerings catalogue!)
5. Multi-format
6. More web analytics: altmetrics
7. Social Web
IV. To summarise
1.Dovetailing with governance strategy2.Route map: the Indexing Plan3.OJS management platform4.Recognition of workload5.Modification of CC licenses: BY6.Editorial feedback7.Co-publishing
