Open Access: A challenge for learned societies

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Open Access: A challenge for learned societies

Dr Agnès HenriPublishing [email protected]

COASPA 18 September 2014

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About us

EDP Open: moving to Open Access, some concrete cases

EDP Open Survey: Learned society attitudes towards Open Access

About usAn international publisher based in FranceEDP Sciences belongs to learned societies, “not-for-profit” company

5 locations- 2 in Paris- Aix-en-Provence- London- Casablanca

Société Française de Physique - Société Chimique de France - Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles - Société Française d’Optique UdPPC

Our shareholders today: learned societies

Created in 1920, among the founders:• Nobel Prizes: Marie Curie, Louis de Broglie, Jean Perrin • Albert 1er, Prince de Monaco - Louis Lumière - Paul Langevin, etc.

About us

EDP Sciences Group – 5 years ago

55 Academic journals: STM

7.000 articles published by year

A Web Platform : +200.000 articles

in archive

Books: 500 books, mainly in French (+ 50 new titles /

year)

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Crisis scenarios, evolution of the subscriptions 2013 - 2025

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New Product, Gold OA?

Crisis scenarios, evolution of the subscriptions 2013 - 2025

EDP Sciences Group today

55 Academic journals:

STM

7.000 articles

published by year

A Web Platform : +200.000 articles in

archive

Books: 500 books,

mainly in French

(+ 50 new titles / year)

Publication of

proceedings in OA:

50/year

An Open Access

Platform

Magazines for

practitioner: Dental,

Pharmacy, Audiology,

etc.

In April 2013, we launched a new platform dedicated to Open Access:

Publishing partner of the scientific ccommunities

http://www.edp-open.org/

12 journals, new titles or re-launch

500 proceedingsA set of 6 thematic proceedings “journals”

Just launched 20 books, Increasing

Articles from EDP Open - (Gold journals) and EDP Sciences - (Gold delayed)

Journals

1) Working with a range of societies to advise them on their best response to Open Access trends and policies.

2) For new areas, creation of titles into the OA Gold model

3) Preservation of the subscription model as long as possible and investments in Gold Open Access


Moving to Open Access and/or creating new journals

The journals were declining

Until 2009, this journal had:• A French title • A subscription model• A low impact factor

From subscription model to Open Access Gold

Until 2012, this journal had:• A subscription model• No electronic version• A low impact factor

For both, An increase of submissions, an increase of visibility and citations

Since 2013:

Open Access Electronic Only with APCs

Since 2009, • An English title • An Open Access electronic-

only journal, sponsored by Onema

From subscription model to Open Access Gold

It was “easier” because :- For KMAE, the cost of the journal is paid by institutions- For Parasite, researchers in life science are used to pay for Gold Open Access

Life Sciences

Versus

Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics where the Green route is the preferred option (today!)


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For the Green OA: Cooperation with repositories

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- Increasing exchanges between our Journals and ArXiv

- Cooperation with HAL (French repository) for CEA (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)


Gold Open AccessAn established journal could move to Open Access Gold if:

The journal has the “prestige”And/Or The community of authors is ready to pay services provided by the publishers

(life science community comparing to mathematics)

Gold model journals could be used for creation of journals in emerging fields:- Inconvenient: “predatory publishers”

EDP Open want to focus on:- The quality on the peer-review. It should be the first criteria (quality and not

quantity)- The quality of services to authors/readers The label of quality and authority from a learned society is essential



• What is the place of learned societies in an Open Access World?

• What are the key areas of support that learned societies might need in embracing Open Access more fully?

• What unique services might learned societies be in a position – through their particular missions – to support or develop as a result of more widespread Open Access?



The survey was answered by 33 learned societies and the results were further supplemented by a focus group held at the annual UKSG meeting in Harrogate in April 2014.

- 75% in the STM field-remaining respondents in the social sciences (16%) and arts and humanities (9%).


Key findings include:

• Learned societies overwhelmingly agree that Open Access will inevitably place some learned societies’ journals into financial jeopardy.

• Competing with large Open Access specialist publishers was also considered a significant challenge for learned societies.

• Gold Open Access is the Open Access method that is least offered by learned society journals, however nearly two-thirds of learned societies indicated that they would like to be offering this option.



Key findings include:

• With so many journals being published Open Access of dubious origin, learned societies should look to endorse content with a stamp of quality and authority.

• Collaboration between learned societies could help in the transition to Open Access, by pooling resources and sharing complex tasks.


Conclusion


We have the tools and the knowhow to discuss and explore with our partners the best option for their titles

The publisher is a service provider and should provide the best quality at the better price.

More than ever before, with so many journals being published Open Access of dubious origin, learned societies should look to endorse content with a stamp of quality and authority.


Thank you!

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Open Access: A challenge for learned societies