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Open AccessOpen Access Scholarly Publishing
h jThe AOSIS journey
Pierre JT de VilliersManaging Director: OpenJournals PublishingManaging Director: OpenJournals PublishingAfrican Online Scientific Information Systems (AOSIS) Pty Ltd(AOSIS) Pty Ltd
Perspectives from an Open Access Publisher
• How I become involved in OA• How I become involved in OA
• The AOSIS journey 2005 – 2010The AOSIS journey 2005 2010
• Reflections on this journeyReflections on this journey
How I became involved i O Ain Open Access
South African Family PracticeSouth African Family Practice(incl. Geneeskunde)
• Editor ‐ 1998
S i t j l• Society journal
• Print only – bi monthlyy y
• 4000 free distribution to members & GP’sto members & GP s
• Advertising income
South African Family PracticeSouth African Family Practice(incl. Geneeskunde)
• 4 manuscripts on desk!
L b i i• Low submissions
• Locally read (?)y ( )
• Difficult production
N i ll i bl• Not economically viable due to lack of interest amongst GP’s
2005
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Creative software
The internet
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Search enginesSearch engines
Outsourcing
2001 - Open source Software
Open Journal Systems (OJS)6600 titles (July 2010)6600 es (Ju y 0 0)
• Online December 2005• First OJS journal in RSAj• Open Access June 2006
SAFP on the chartsSAFP on the charts
SAFP cities Oct 2010SAFP cities Oct 201010 000 visitors per month10,000 visitors per month
The AOSIS JourneyThe AOSIS Journey
Est. 1999
E-Learning serviceswww.ituta.net
www.ecpd.co.za
Need: Services for OA journalsNeed: Services for OA journals
OJS support
Manuscript copyediting, proofreading
Online publishingOnline publishingPDF, HTML, XML
Est. 2007
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OJP Production FlowOJP Production Flow
Manuscript uploaded on Peer review Copyediting
(3 steps)uploaded on system (2 reviewers)
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Layoutediting
Proofreading(3 steps)
Publication (immediate)
Starting the journeyStarting the journey
2007
OJS support for
2008
First OA journalMedpharm Publications
10 titles
Title growthTitle growth
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Manuscript growthManuscript growthSubmitted v/s published manuscripts
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AchievementsAchievements
First OJS deployment in RSA (SAFP) 23
First DOI registration with Crossref
from RSA www.crossref.org
Scielo SA – first publisher to join
www.scielo.org.za
AchievementsAchievements
First XML journal publication in RSA
(PDF, HTML & XML)(PDF, HTML & XML)
First OASPA memberFirst OASPA member
from Sub‐Saharan Africa
First SPARC Europe seal for open access p pjournals for an African journal
R fl ti thReflection on the journeyjourney
Coversion to OA is slow (but sure)( )
Current situation (OA) 2010Current situation (OA) ‐ 2010
• International estimates: 3‐14% (Gold)
• African Journals Online (AJOL)African Journals Online (AJOL)
–103/397 Peer reviewed journals in Africa (26%)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
–RSA 26/315 (8%)
• Own count 2009 = 25% of DHET accredited
OA per discipline ‐ 2009p pBo‐Christer Björk et al, PloS One, June 2010
Obstacles to OA conversion in RSAObstacles to OA conversion in RSA
S i t b hi b fit• Society membership: benefits closed clubclosed club
• In‐house control: individuals, universities (fear of outsourcing)
• Fear of change and technology: XML, DOI no printDOI, no print
Obstacles to OA conversion in RSAObstacles to OA conversion in RSA
• Financial viability: Title owners reaping benefits but not investingbenefits, but not investing
• Perceived costs: Outsourcing v/s hidden costs – staff, offices, communication
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Author side publication fees(page fees)
f ibl i RSAfeasible in RSA
Who pays for the beer?Who pays for the beer?
Production cost
Author side publication fees
OR
Title owner subsidyTitle owner subsidy
OR
Both (mix)
Page fees experiencePage fees experience
• Usually paid by institution – growing support
• DHET subsidy supportDHET subsidy support
• Range R1,500 – R5,000 per article– Theology
– Industrial psychologyp y gy
– Health science
Management science– Management science
Supporting research not businessSupporting research, not business models
“The institutions that pay for journalThe institutions that pay for journal subscriptions aren't trying to support the
TA business model; they're trying toTA business model; they re trying to support research.
They won't follow the business model;They won t follow the business model; they'll follow the authors.”
Peter Suber
Who is in the driving seat?Who is in the driving seat?
" h k ll kl d h"I think you will quickly discover that journals (even the arrogant ones) need authorsmore than authors need them."them.
Richard Smith
Impact factors/prestige factor
“Measuring up” challenge for OA“Measuring up” challenge for OA
• Universities/NRF use prestige & impact for reward (surrogate forimpact for reward (surrogate for quality)
• Most high‐prestige journals are TA and have good IF’shave good IF s
• Most OA journals are new (no, low IF)
• Progress: some OA journals top IF
P tiPrestige
Prestige is the flywheel preserving the l i h h ipresent system long into the era when it
might have been superseded by a superior l i i d f h h idalternative. Or viewed from the other side, it's the flywheel delaying progress.
Peter SuberPeter Suber
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Creative software
The internet
O ftOpen source software
Search enginesSearch engines
Outsourcing
