The Changing World of Journal
Publications
AIBS Council Meeting
David Crotty
Senior Editor, Oxford University Press
david.crotty@oup.com
December 5, 2012
Online Behavior Evolves
Referrers
Visits
Google = 68,838,122
PubMed = 7,611,989
Google Translate = 797,088
Search.com = 486,305
Bing = 414,668
Wikipedia = 319,951
Yahoo = 318,039
HighWire = 288,966
Ask Jeeves = 224,204
Facebook = 201,996
Online Behavior Evolves
Entry Pages
Online Behavior Evolves
Restoring Serendipity
Mobile
Mobile
Altmetrics
Moving Beyond the Impact Factor
Social Media
Filtering Information Overload
Open Access
Extraordinary Growth
Open Access
A Low Priority for Most Researchers
• Despite growth in OA journals, articles, submission levels to
subscription journals continue to grow
• Hybrid OA uptake continues to decline
• Studies consistently rank OA at the bottom for author priority
• Compliance with OA policies remains low
Open Access
Moving from the Carrot to the Stick
• Public and Private Funding Agencies see OA as beneficial—
more bang for their buck
• Introducing OA Mandate Policies
• Introducing Enforcement Policies
Finch Report
Summary of Findings
Implementation
• OA journals (including hybrid) should be the main method of
publication of research, especially publicly funded research
• OA should be funded through APCs
• More effective and flexible funding arrangements for OA
• Minimize restrictions on use and re-use
Open Access
New Funder Policies
RCUK—April 1, 2013
Funded articles must be compliant with RCUK OA policy
– Option 1: Immediately available, APC paid, immediate deposit in repositories,
CC-BY
– Option 2: Deposit of accepted manuscripts in repositories, 6 month embargo,
no APC paid, CC-BY-NC
Wellcome Trust
Expects authors to make their results freely available
– PMC/UKPMC deposit within 6 months
– Will pay APC’s
– CC-BY required beginning April, 2013
– Funding withheld from authors found not in compliance
Open Access
New Funder Policies
NIH
– Since 2008, NIH-funded papers must be deposited in PMC with a 12
month embargo
– New enforcement policy (April 2013) will prevent continuation of funding
for any non-compliant authors
Other US Government Funding Agencies
America COMPETES Act requires OSTP set policy
– ???????
Open Access
Unresolved Matters
• Money
• Embargos
• Licensing Terms
Open Access
The Bottom Line
• Broadening access to the research literature is a good thing
• Adversarial nature of the discussion is counterproductive
• Our job is to figure out how to make it work
A new shared understanding needs to develop of the interlocking roles of the
various parties: researchers, policy-makers, funders, university managers,
librarians, publishers and other intermediaries…The future development of
an effective research communications system is too important to leave to
chance.
Finch Report
Thanks!
David Crotty
Senior Editor, Oxford University Press
david.crotty@oup.com