openaire-coar conference 2014: open peer review to save the world, by michael taylor - co-founder of...
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Presentation at the OpenAIRE-COAR Conference: "Open Access Movement to Reality: Putting the Pieces Together", Athens - May 21-22, 2014. Session 5: The now and the future of open scholarly communication. Open peer review to save the world, by Michael Taylor - Co-founder of Open Scholar, National Observatory AthensTRANSCRIPT
OPEN Peer Review to save the world Michael Taylor (PhD, CPhys) National Observatory of Athens
alpha @libreapp
Peer review… to save the world??!
• As we move toward a Type I civilization our socio-economic world is getting more global & interconnected…
Type I — a civilization that is able to harness all
of the power P available on a single planet
(Pearth ≈ 1.7 ×1017 W)
Type II — a civilization capable of harnessing the
luminosity of its own star (Psun ≈ 3.9 ×1026 W)
Type III — a civilization with access to energy on
the scale of the luminosity of its own galaxy
(Pmilky way ≈ 4 ×1037 W)
𝐾 =𝑙𝑜𝑔10𝑃 − 6
10
Kardashev, Nikolai (1964) Soviet Astronomy 8: 217 Sagan (1973) Cosmic Connection.
Cambridge Press, ISBN 0-521-78303-8
…meaning that systemic impacts are more macroscopic
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
Modern impacts & threats are they just tabloid science ?!
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The Journal Publishing Model made us think...
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openscholar.org.uk
We got together with others to test new models
108 volunteers from 17 countries
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
LIBRE = LIBerating REsearch but from what exactly?!
• PUBLICATION DELAYS slow processes & embargos • BARRIERS TO INFO paywall$ • DEPENDENCE ON CITATION INDICES poor stats • COPYRIGHT LOSS no creative re-use (we need CC-BY) • REJECTION RATES waste, curtail output & miss ops • RETRACTION RATES bad info stays in circulation • AUTHOR CHARGES knowledge divide • LOW VISIBILITY unindexed OA & “the long tail” • LIMITED PEER-REVIEW danger of bias with 2-3 people
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Publication delays >8 months (even before any embargo)
Björk & Solomon (2013) Journal of Informetrics 7(4), 914-923.
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Barriers to info paywall$ (and e.g. linguistic barriers)
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Dependence on citation indices poor statistics
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Copyright loss creates loss of creative re-use rights and OA
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Rejection Rates cause submission cascades & waste time
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Retraction Rates put lives at risk
Steen, R. G. (2011). Retractions in the medical literature: how many patients are put at risk by flawed research?. Journal of medical ethics, 37(11), 688-692.
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Figure 2. Percentage of retractions vs. percentage of 2010 Web of Science records among 12 broad scholarly fields.
Retraction Rates may be an early warning bell about Gold OA
Grieneisen & Zhang M (2012) PLoS ONE 7(10): e44118.
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Retraction Rates mean wrong info stays in circulation for years
Fang, Steen & Casadevall (2012) PNAS 109(42), 17028-17033.
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Journal Peer Review is limited, left to trust and prone to bias
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
An ideal (journal-independent) model should be …
COOPERATIVE free & data-linked FAST un-moderated & zero-embargo FAIR accessible, OA and persistent HONEST transparent INSPIRING social & credit-giving OBJECTIVE collectively wise & reproducible INNOVATIVE open source
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A new model the “Open Publication”
OpenAIRE COAR,
OpenDOAR …
LIBRE OpenAIRE
COAR, OpenDOAR ?
Authors? Journals?
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
LIBRE is our attempt at demonstrating independent peer-review
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
LIBRE is open source and we welcome your input at GitHub
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
www.openscholar.org.uk/independent-peer-review-initiative
Greece is the launchpad for the Independent Peer Review Initiative
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Greece is in 12th position (1.13% of the top 1% cited articles EVER)
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
Greece has HUGE research output potential
Press WH (2013) What's So Special About Science (And How Much Should We Spend on It?). Science, 342(6160), 817-822.
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
Greece is VERY active & innovative in OA
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Beckett, C., & Inger, S. (2006). Self-archiving and journal subscriptions: co-existence or competition. Publishing Research Consortium: PRC Summary Papers, 2.
It’s important to ask librarians what do they really want
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So, can (independent) Peer Review save the world MAYBE
Björk, Bo-Christer et al (2009) PloS one 5.6: e11273.
Gargouri & Harnad (2010) Eprints: August 28. 2010
HELP US TO MANDATE IPR AT OA REPOSITORIES
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
MICHAEL TAYLOR / openscholar.org.uk / @libreapp / [email protected]
Inspired by the essay…
Many thanks for your thoughts