EDITORIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES 5 Dec 2012 OVERVIEW Improving Impact Factor Publishing more rapidly Beyond our borders 5 Dec 2012 Kaufman Wills Fusting & Co 2 WAYS TO INCREASE IMPACT FACTOR Publish (more!) review articles Release high-impact articles early in year Optimize rejection rate Lower denominator International contributions and board (Hot) Topical issues Generate industry standards or guidelines Increase discoverability / indexing Ensure right types of content is counted in cited items Self-cite (reasonably) 5 Dec 2012 Kaufman Wills Fusting & Co 3 SPEEDING UP PUBLICATION Complete manuscript submissions Editorial Board rotation Reviewer incentives | report cards Reject without (external) review XML up front On schedule Negotiations with publisher | printer | online vendor 5 Dec 2012 Kaufman Wills Fusting & Co 4 BEST PRACTICES 24-48 hours to reviewer or rejected out of hand 2-3 weeks to first decision 3-6 weeks from acceptance to e -publication 6-8 weeks from acceptance to print publication 5 Dec 2012 Kaufman Wills Fusting & Co 5 FUTURE-PROOF YOUR JOURNAL Regular research Benefits Email/online surveys Focus groups (at meetings) International Younger market Inform new or existing product development Secure reader loyalty Data-rich, evidencebased decision making Expert (phone) interviews 5 Dec 2012 Kaufman Wills Fusting & Co 6 WHY AND HOW CAN CHINA, INDIA, AND BRAZIL BEST SHAPE YOUR JOURNAL’S FUTURE AND EXPAND YOUR OPPORTUNITIES? China R&D funding Researchers India Brazil 1 June 2012 Readers Libraries Education Labor pool Kaufman Wills Fusting & Co 7 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ARTICLES Region World United States European Union Japan China India Brazil 1995 564,644 193,337 195,897 47,068 9,061 9,370 3,436 2009 Change 40% 788,347 8% 208,601 27% 248,656 5% 49,627 74,019 717% 19,917 113% 12,306 258% National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, and The Patent BoardTM, special tabulations (2011) from Thomson Reuters, SCI and SSCI, http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science 1 June 2012 Kaufman Wills Fusting & Co 8 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ARTICLES Science and Engineering Indicators: 2012 Digest l Arlington, VA (NSB 1202) l January 2012, www.nsf.gov/statistics/digest12/outputs.cfm#1 1 June 2012 Kaufman Wills Fusting & Co 9 GROWTH OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING IN BRAZIL 40,000 60 54.42 % do Brasil em relação à América Latina 35,000 % do Brasil em relação ao Mundo 47.55 Nº de artigos Brasil 30,000 42.89 39.11 25,000 32,100 50 40 36.73 33.84 20,000 17,714 30 15,000 20 10,521 10,000 6,038 5,000 2,409 0.47 0 1985 10 3,640 0.62 1990 0.84 1.35 1.8 2.69 0 1995 2000 2005 China output by main group 200000 180000 number of scholarly papers 160000 140000 120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 years Social Sciences Life Sciences Health Sciences Physical Sciences Source Elsevier Scopus 11 RESEARCH EXPENDITURES ANNUAL RATE OF GROWTH 10/31/2011 Kaufman-Wills Group, LLC STM PUBLISHING MARKET BY REVENUE 2011 Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical (excluding geospatial data): $21.01 billion 2011 STM in China 2011 STM in China $1.12 billion 2011 Revenue (P) 2011 Global STM 10.0% 3.8% 2011 Year on Year Growth (P) Source: Outsell’s Information Industry Database CHINA: MARKET SIZE Chinese Ministry of Education: 8,791 Higher Education Institutes in 2009 Ringgold Database: as of October 2011, 4,840 unique records for content on mainland China, 2,205 of which are parent-level. National Science Foundation of China: 2,464 academic education and research institutions in China are registered and qualified to apply for central government research funding. Project 211, 113 leading universities with around 70% of key government funding CHINA: TWELFTH 5-YEAR PLAN: CULTURE MEDIA & PUBLISHING PILLAR INDUSTRY Seven emerging industries Alternative energy – nuclear, wind, solar Biotechnology – drugs and medical devices Medical devices – Form 40-50 device companies, 10 new national technology R&D centers and labs, 50-80 new products Pharmaceuticals – By 2015, more than 30 original medicines. Establish 30-50 translational medical research centers New-generation IT – broadband, internet security, networks High-end equipment manufacturing – aerospace and telecom Advanced materials – rare earths and high-end semiconductors Clean energy vehicles Energy conservation and environmental protection INDIA: HIGHER EDUCATION Government to increase spending 30% 1,000 institutions 1.60 1.40 % of GDP 1.20 5 dozen new planned 17 million students 1.00 16% studying science 0.80 8% of population has masters or doctorate 0.60 Higher than Japan, France, Germany, Brazil 0.40 0.20 0.00 2011 10/31/2011 2015 Kaufman-Wills Group, LLC INDIA: SUBSCRIBER UNIVERSE Historically little access to international journals Institutions collectively held print-only subscriptions to only 2,500 scholarly journals in total Typical university subscribed to < 200 journals Many smaller institutions subscribed to < 100 journals Today, academic journals market is $175M $70M (40%) for electronic journals $105M (60%) for print+online/print-only subscriptions 10/31/2011 Factors improving access to international journals New institutions Growth of consortia $35M spend OA journals Factors in consortia formation To enlarge knowledge resource base, comparable to other leading institutions around the globe To hold down escalating cost of journals To enable system-wide integrated resource sharing Kaufman-Wills Group, LLC Thank you 5 Dec 2012 Kaufman Wills Fusting & Co Cara Kaufman Partner Kaufman Wills Fusting & Co 443 869 2432 cara.kaufman @kwfco.com 18