deborah kahn, publishing director shanghai, 29 may 2013 welcome to the 4 th annual biomed central...

Deborah Kahn, Publishing Director

Shanghai, 29 May 2013

Welcome to the 4th Annual BioMed Central Editors’ Conference

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Aims of the day

• An opportunity for Editors of journals published by BioMed Central to:

- Hear an update on Open Access generally and on what is happening at BioMed Central

- Meet fellow Editors and discuss issues of mutual importance

- Meet with BioMed Central contacts

• A warm welcome to BMC Series Section Editors who are joining us for the first time

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• 60+ open access journals spanning biology and medicine with over 2000 submissions per month. As a group the journals function as a ‘megajournal’.

• Aim is to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge with less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.

• Section Editors and Associate Editors handle peer review, facilitated by an in-house Executive Editor, and Journal Editorial Office support

The BMC Series

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Broader interest titles within the BMC series publishing peer-reviewed research, commentaries, reviews, opinion pieces and Q&As that are of special importance and broad interest in any area of biology and medicine.

Dedicated in-house Editorial teams

In the top 10 general medical (9th) and biology (6th) categories of the JCR.

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‘Independent journals’

• Academic and clinical Editors-in-Chief

• Growing number of society journals

• Some leading journals within their fields – e.g. Malaria Journal; Retrovirology,

Veterinary Research

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Towards painless publishing: Journal cascades

Flagships

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BMC Research Notes

BMC series Independent Journals

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Overall open access market growth: fully open access journals

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Growing “open access share” in Web of Science

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• Technology

• Author and Editor Satisfaction

• Ensuring that the market is aware of our quality content

BioMed Central Strategic Focus

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Editor satisfaction

Comparison of Editors Survey 2011 to 2012: Average Rating

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• Dedicated Journal Development Editor

• Editors’ Advisory Group

• Senior Contact Network

• New Editors Home being developed

• Editor training course being developed

Responding to Editors’ needs

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• Significantly streamlines the process of pre-publication and production making the overall process faster and less cumbersome

• Offers variations on production routes

• Author version then final version

• Final version only

• Offers various copyediting levels

• Options for controlling publication dates, or linking related articles so they travel through the publication process together

New Production Process

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Author satisfaction

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• Biome

• Conferences

• Research Awards

• Improved marketing

Ensuring that the market is aware of our quality content

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Conferences

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BioMed Central Research Awards – 10 categories

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• Ideas, comments, feedback

• We look forward to continuing to work with our Editors-in-Chief to improve our journals and the service we deliver.

We want to hear from you

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Thank you

Deborah.Kahn@biomedcentral.com