november 2006. does oa threaten journals’ quality? some publishers think so… “public access...
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November 2006
How has the quality and depth of coverage of the BMJ changed with
the evolution of its open access model?
Trish Groves Deputy Editor
British Medical J ournal BioMed Central Colloquium
Thursday 8th February 2007, The Royal College of Physicians, London, UK
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November 2006
Does OA threaten journals’ quality?Some publishers think so…
“public access equals government censorship”
PR's 'pit bull' Eric Dezenhall, advising non-OA publishers at Association of American Publishers’ meeting 2006
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070122/full/445347a.html Nature Published online: 24 January 2007; Corrected online: 25 January 2007 |
doi:10.1038/445347a
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November 2006
Does OA threaten journals’ quality?Some publishers think so…
“We're like any firm under siege"
Barbara Meredith, vice-president, Association of American Publishers
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070122/full/445347a.html Nature Published online: 24 January 2007; Corrected online: 25 January 2007 | doi:10.1038/445347a
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November 2006
Aims of this meeting
• explore the meaning of quality AND quantity from a clinical perspective
• investigate how publishers can deliver both quality and quantity in the open access environment – is quantity rising, and quality falling?
• examine the web’s impact on how quality and quantity [of research] are measured
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November 2006
What I want to talk about
• quality AND quantity of BMJ research articles from a clinical perspective
• BMJ’s hybrid OA model
• quality measures of research on bmj.com
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November 2006
What’s the BMJ doing?
• bmj.com provided completely free access to all content from 1998
• January 2006 subscription charges introduced for value added content
• Full text of original research remains open access
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November 2006
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November 2006
Quality of BMJ research: clinical reach
• To help doctors make better decisions
• Free and open access to BMJ research articles
• HINARI: immediate free access to all bmj.com
• Nearly 1m unique users of bmj.com a month
• Print BMJ reaches >106 000 UK doctors
• Most frequently cited journal in UK press
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November 2006
BMJ hybrid publishing model: free and open access to research
• No author or page charges
• Subsidised by subscriptions, display advertising, BMJGroup profits…
• …not by BMA membership
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November 2006
BMJ hybrid publishing model: high quality service to authors
Dedicated, personal, fast service
• 95% read within 24 hours of submission
• Final decision in two weeks on 95% not sent for external review
• Final decision in six weeks for 95% of rest
• Fast track appraisal
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November 2006
BMJ hybrid publishing model:high quality service to authors
• Online First publication
• Immediately to PubMed Central, Crossref, ISI
• Open (signed) peer review, at least x2
• Copy editing/ professional abridging
• Authors keep copyright
• Authors get 10% from reprints and translations
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November 2006
Quality of BMJ research: clinical relevance
Helping doctors’ decisions
• MS committee + clinical advisers + statisticians
• Research set in context: value added material
• Abridging to maximise readability and reach
• Transparency + quality assurance
• BMJ ethics committee
• Continuing debate/review: Rapid Responses
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November 2006
Quality of BMJ research: clinical relevance and Rapid Responses
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November 2006
Quality of BMJ research: measures
• BMJ Updates/Journal Watch/Faculty 1000 Med• Proportion of international research• ISI citations• Page impressions in first week of publication• Total accesses in 12 and 24 months• Number of Rapid Responses• Decision times• Post-publication review meeting
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November 2006
Quality of BMJ research: outcomes
Of 266 published BMJ research articles in 2005
• N American and Australasian most cited and most accessed
• 4 Rapid Responses per paper• 32% articles in BMJ Updates, 26% in Journal
Watch (higher for US papers)• 13 papers had 5 citations and 5000 page
impressions
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November 2006
Quality of BMJ research: outcomes
Systematic reviews/MAs and RCTs• Most
– citations in year of publication – Rapid Responses– page impressions in week of publication and
total accesses in first year• Twice as many total accesses in the first year
as observational studies
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November 2006
Best research article 2005
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November 2006
“when taxis and bread are free, value added commissioned articles can be free”
Vitek Tracz, Chairman, BioMed Central to Fiona Godlee, now editor, BMJ
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November 2006
“impact factor eats open access for breakfast”
Fiona Godlee, now editor, BMJBMJ impact factor was 9.023 in 2005