short introduction to academic publishing

Dietrich RordorfBasel, 16 April 2014

Academic Publishing

1) Short intro to academic publishing (Dietrich)

2) Peer-review and research ethics (Martyn)

3) Trasition from research to publishing (Franck)

4) Editorial roles within a journal (Dietrich)

5) Session with questions

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Program Today Morning

Our mission is to increase open scientificexchange through the means of scholarlyopen access journals and conferences.

Scholarly Communication

4Figure taken from http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/subject-guides/rem

• Peer-reviewed, formal publication• Presenting latest research results relating to an

academic discipline• Scholars submit their work to the scrutinity of

other scientists• Validation, certification & attribution• Journals are the «minutes of science»*

* Jan Velterop. Keeping the minutes of science. In Proceedings of the second ELVIRA conference, May 1995, De Montfort University, Milton Keynes; ASLIB, 1995, pp 11-17.

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Research Journal

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The First Academic Journals

Figures taken from http://wikimedia.org

• Molecules• First MDPI journal• Established in 1996• Volume 1 co-published with Springer-Verlag• Published by MDPI starting Volume 2 (1997)• Free to access in 1996• Later «open access»

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MDPI Journals

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MDPI Journals

• Online

• Free to read

• Free to re-use, given proper attribution

• Open access movement arose out of discontent:o Increasing subscription costs per journal

o More and more journals to subscribe

o Scholars having decreasing access to scientific literature

o ...in a world where things could be easily available online...

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Open Access

• 146 journals(22 planned, 2 published by MDPI & owned by a society)

• 200 in-house staff• 10’000+ papers per year• 100’000+ authors published• 7’000 academic editors

more at www.mdpi.com...

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MDPI Now

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Thanks!

Dietrich RordorfE-mail: rordorf@mdpi.com

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