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Open Access in the Humanities and Social Sciences

A SAGE Perspective

David Ross, Executive Publisher Open Access

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Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC3SAGEFounded almost 50 years ago (anniversary is 2015)First journal Urban Affairs Quarterly launched in September 1965 (now Urban Affairs Review)Predominatetely HSS publisher 481 journals and 800 books a year (221 STM journals)Publish journals on behalf of 300 learned societiesStill wholly owned by founder and chairperson Sara Miller McCuneIndependent will eventually transfer into the hands of an charitable trust takes a long term view

Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC4SAGE and Open Access

Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC5Why SAGE Open?Leading Social Science publisherSupporting and nurturing interdisciplinary researchCampaign for Social Science and social science researchIndependent long term view, the HSS funding challengeThe first HSS mega journal - premier destination for high quality OA research in HSS

Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC6SAGE Open: Facts and statsOpen for submissions end of 2010Launched April 2011 with 6 papersOver 2100 submissions from 93 countries to date>1500 projected submissions in 2013340 articles published to dateNearly 300,000 Downloads

Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC7Published articlesOpen Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC8What APC in HSS?$195$395$99SAGE Open survey: Over 70% constituted personal payments

Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC9Monthly submissions dataOpen Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC10

Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC11How many Editors & Reviewers?Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC12Where are our authors?

Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC13What do we know about them?Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC14What do we know about them? (cont.)Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC1597% would publish in SAGE Open againOverall satisfaction level of your experience publishing with SAGE76%-100%73%51%-75%23%0%-50%4%71% of respondents said SAGE Open was their first choiceOpen Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC16Top considerations for submitting:

SAGEs reputationSubject fitQuality of previously published authors or papersInternationality of journal

Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC17Are we succeeding in being full spectrum?Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC18Top subjects for submissionsOpen Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC19What about our readers?

Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC20Visitor Flows47% start with content page

38% start with home page

72% drop off after start pageOpen Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC21CitationsTotal Cited SAGE Open Articles:40SAGE Open Articles cited by ISI ranked journals:13Total Citations:61Citations by ranked journals: 17Most citations of one article: 7Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC22The challenge of OA in HSSOpen Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC23Lessons in revisions and decisions..

Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC24SAGE Open Rejection RateOpen Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC25Differences in HSSSelection Mechanisms Different

Intellectual Property is the idea

Research output in form of an article is different

Immediacy not so crucial

Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC26ConclusionsSAGE Open is establishing a reputation

Shown there is demand for broad spectrum multidisciplinary journal

Difference disciplines present different challenges

Drivers for OA not the same in HSS

Open Access and SAGE COASP 19th Sept, 2013Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC27Thank You

david.ross@sagepub.co.uk

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