the transformation of academic publishing

The Transformation of Academic Publishing

Peter BinfieldPublisher, PLoS

pbinfield@plos.org@p_binfield

Leading a Transformation

in Research Communication

Today…

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25,000 JournalsPublishing 1.5 million papers per year

Mostly in ‘closed access’ subscription titles

• Free, immediate access

• Deposition in a digital public archive

• Unrestricted reuse

What is Open Access?

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Our ‘Key Innovation’ - the editorial criteria

PLoS ONE Published Articles(per quarter, since launch)

2011: 14,000 articles.~1.5% of ALL Scientific

Literature

2010: 6,700 articles.Largest journal in

the World

2007: 1,200 articles.> 99.7% of all journals

in the World

The Dawn of the OpenAccess MegaJournal

Today…

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Tomorrow?

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Thank you!

Peter Binfield Publisher, PLoS ONE

pbinfield@plos.org@p_binfield

Leading a Transformation

in Research Communication