gold open access – a successful model?, stockholm university october 2011

Gold Open Access – a successful model?

Natalia TimiraosBusiness Development Manager – BioMed Central,

Springer

Open Access Week 2011- Swedish University of Agriculture

What does “open access” to scientific research mean?

• Universally available online without any barriers to access

• Creative Commons– Licensed to allow redistribution and reuse (as long as

attribution is given)

• Permanently archived in multiple locations to ensure long term access – PubMed Central

Traditional Model?• Severe disadvantages of restrictive access

• Political Argument – pay taxes, have access

• Increasing cost of subscriptions

• Transfer of copyright

BMC

Copernicus

PLoSHindawiSpringerOpen Choice

Growth in OA 2000 - 2010

Presented by Mark Patterson, PLoS, at the SOAP Symposium, Berlin, January 2011

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Routes towards open access• Gold OA

Publishing in an open access journal: – Fully OA journals

e.g. BioMed Central, Public Library of Science etc– Optional OA in traditional journals

(now offered by most major publishers)

• Green OA Depositing articles in an OA repository:Subject repositories– PubMed Central– UK PubMed Central– ArXiV

Open access flavors at Springer

Hybrid Open Access

• Open Access option in majority of Springer titles• Open Choice for

individual authors:Article fee € 2000/ USD $ 3000

Fully Open Access

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Authors’ Rights

• Self-archiving of author’s accepted version• Deposit into

PubMed Central

Springer is a green publisher

Springer pioneered the hybrid journal;

Springer Open Choice

Open access at Springer truly is open access

Open access at Springer truly is open access

•Open access journals covering all disciplines•Creative Commons•53 journals already, 11 already have impact

factors•Administered by BioMed Central•No subscriptions, article processing fees

instead (800 – 1,250 EUR)– Paid by the author (via research grant, library, institutional OA

fund, …)– Paid by a member institution– Waivers (economic hardship)

What is

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Springer is involved in the discussions

Jana.Simniok@springer.com SpringerOpen Journal Manager 

“Springer is now the world’s largest open access publisher”

Peter Suber in October 2008

Acquisition of BioMed Central in 2008

BioMed Central• Pioneered open access publishing model

• Launched first open access journal in 2000

• Now publishes >200 OA titles

• Creative Commons license

• Costs covered by 'article processing charge' (APC)

BioMed Central journals with impact factors

Open access model proven to be fully compatible with high quality

BioMed Central journals with Impact factors

Arthritis Research &Therapy 4.27BMC Medicine 3.99Breast Cancer Research 5.33Critical Care 4.93Genome Biology 6.63Journal of Neuroinflammation 4.68Journal of Translational Medicine 3.41Malaria Journal 3.00Molecular Cancer 4.16Molecular Neurodegeneration 5.09Molecular Pain 4.19Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 5.83Respiratory Research 3.13Retrovirology 4.11Trials 2.02

Open access articles published in BioMed Central journals

Sweden open access activity

How Is Biomed Central Supporting Institutions?

• BioMed Central Open Access Publishing Program

• Automatic Article Deposits – SWORD Feeds

• Open Repository

BioMed Central Membership• Enables organizations to actively support Open

Access

• Ensure the most widespread dissemination of research

• Covers full APCs or provides them with a reduced fee– BMC and SpringerOpen journals

• BioMed Central offers different types of Membership

Benefits of Membership• Researchers’ fees paid for in full or

discounted

• Discounted APCs Cost-effective

• Showcase of institution’s research

• Red tape of individual payments eliminated

BioMed Central Members• 384 Members in 42 countries worldwide

• 8 Members in Sweden– SLU– Karolinska Institute– Gothenburg University– Stockholm University– Uppsala University– Lund University – Full Prepay Members– Nordic School of Public Health – Full Prepay Members– Chalmers University- Full Prepay Members

Institutional Institutional RepositoryRepository(DSpace/Eprints (DSpace/Eprints

etc.etc.))

Automated Deposit to IR via SWORD

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SWORD Import

SWORD Export

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Accepted and

Published article

http://www.openrepository.com/

Summary• Maximizes research visibility

• OA supported by authors, funders, institutions & governments - part of the mainstream

• Quality journals

• Successful business model- liberal stance on author rights- open minded & collaborative approach- strong & continued support for sustainable Open Access

Thank you!Natalia Timiraos

Business Development Manager – BioMed Central, Springer

www.biomedcentral.com