ACS Publications Division
Overview and 2013 Highlights
Brian D. Crawford, Ph.D.
President
Joint Board-Council Committee on Publications
March 14, 2014
Dallas, TX
ACS Publications Delivered Strong
Performance in 2013
• Journals Publishing Group continues to flourish
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Editorial peer review capacity further expanded
Editorial succession in place for several key journals
New journals successfully introduced; others on track for 2014
Author submissions robust; more than 39,000 articles published
Web Usage metrics remain strong; exceeded 83 million downloads
Established and new titles show strong Impact Factors and citations
• C&EN celebrated its 90th year of publication throughout 2013
– New strategic plan for C&EN Media Group underway
– Comprehensive editorial audit will guide action plans for C&EN Online
and print redesigns, and other future initiatives
– New hire (VP, Business Development and Publisher) successfully
pursuing new publishing revenue opportunities
ACS Publications Demonstrated
Strong Performance in 2013
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• Strategic collaborations with CAS continue
– Tagging of Patent Citations – improved the XML tagging for patent
citations in the ACS Publications journals during the production
process for ingestion into the CAS editorial workflow.
– Improved Author Affiliation Tagging – more granular XML tagging
of the institutional information an author is affiliated beyond just the
institution in the ACS Publications journals during the production
process reduced the amount of manual intervention required by the
CAS editorial staff.
– Author’s Original Document – captures the original content files
submitted by the ACS journal authors and makes the content
available to CAS Editorial Operations for analysis.
• ACS ChemWorx gaining traction
– An innovative, free service for research management that combines
reference discovery and management, professional networking, group
and task management and manuscript preparation in a single
interface, accessible from anywhere.
ACS Publications Demonstrated
Strong Performance in 2013
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• Marketing and Sales strengthened our customer relationships
– Librarian Summits convened throughout 2013 informed our 2014
pricing and new product bundles, and improved communications
– ACS on Campus events held internationally further elevated the ACS
Publications brand and the Society’s reputation
– Institutional renewals and sales growth strong in 2013
• ACS Publications Member benefits introduced in 2012
continue to aid M&SA with member retention and outreach
ACS Publications Demonstrated
Strong Performance in 2013
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• ACS is Open” was introduced for 2014 implementation
– Bold open access program intended to transition ACS to mixed article
economy; designed to aid authors in complying with mandates in UK
and Europe, and those anticipated in US and elsewhere
– CHORUS initiative also gaining traction; ACS in leadership role. US
funding agency plans for public access not yet disclosed
– Legislative activities in US show bipartisan resolve for OA mandates
– Coordination across funding agencies in US and abroad is
increasingly apparent
– ACS Publications now offers a range of open access options for
authors, tailored to various needs and funder requirements
New Interdisciplinary Journals Have Met with
Editorial Success in Service to the Society’s
Mission
ACS Applied Materials
& Interfaces
2009
ACS Catalysis
2011
ACS Chemical
Neuroscience
ACS Medicinal
Chemistry
Letters
2010
2010
ACS Synthetic Biology
ACS Macro Letters
Journal of Physical
Chemistry
Letters
2010
ACS Sustainable
Chemistry
& Engineering
2012
2012
2013
co-published
Division of Chemical Education
2010
Maintaining Editorial Rigor in
Response to ACS Author Demand
140 000
120 000
100 000
Compound Annual Growth 2000-2014 (Est.)
Submitted 9.49%
Published 4.54%
80 000
60 000
40 000
20 000
0
Submitted
Published
ACS Publications Output from Across Asia
China the #1 Asian contributor, followed by Japan, India, and South Korea
Beyond China, Editorial Outreach in India
is a Strategic Imperative for ACS
Kharagpur, Chennai, Trivandrum :
Editorial Delegations and ACS on Campus Events held November, 2013
ACS Publications Web Platform
Significant gains in 2013
• Over 83 Million COUNTER-compliant full text article requests
– All-time high for ACS Journals
– Increase of 3% over 2012
• 21 ACS Journals recorded monthly usage records in 2013
– JACS set monthly record of 1.6M full text downloads in October 2013
• 137 Million Abstract page views
– 5% increase over 2012
• Nearly 4M abstracts viewed on ACS Mobile since launch
– 60,000 installs on iOS and Android devices since launch
• Over 267,000 unique ACS IDs are now associated with the ACS
Web Editions platform (up 30% over 2012 registrants)
ACS Publications Web Platform Today
An Integrated Discovery Environment
ACS Journals
– 1 Million original research articles and growing
– ACS Legacy Archive: Digital archive of all journal articles
from 1879-1995 (465,000 articles)
– 800,000 pages of legacy Supporting Information added
ACS Books
– Advances in Chemistry: Archive-only product (1949-1998)
– ACS Symposium Series: Archive (1974-prior year) and
current year subscriptions
– More than 1,400 titles; 27,000 chapters (30 books
added each year)
– ACS Style Guide Online, free to subscribers to the All
Publications and Academic Core Plus packages
Chemical & Engineering News
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Flagship magazine of ACS
C&EN Archives (1923 – 2013)
Over 100,000 original news stories
Hosted Webinars
ACS Publications Recognized for
Innovations in Electronic Publishing
Since 2009, ACS Publications has been the recipient of four PROSE Awards for
Professional and Scholarly Excellence from the American Association of Publishers
for our development of leading-edge technology products
2008
ACS Publications Web Platform
Best new website or platform
2010
ACS Mobile
Best new e-product
Physical Sciences &
Mathematics,
Innovation in
ePublishing
2013
ACS ChemWorx
Best new app or e-product
2011
C&EN Mobile
Best new app or
e-product
Readers Value the ACS Publications Experience
ACS Platform Users Affirm Satisfaction with
Content, Features, and Retrieval
CONTENT
FEATURES
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
93%
ACS Publications
87%
87%
60%
Elsevier
52%
56%
63%
Nature Publishing
53%
44%
60%
RSC
51%
48%
58%
Science/AAAS
48%
42%
46%
Springer
37%
35%
64%
Wiley
53%
50%
BASE ALL RESPONDENTS N = 2640
NOTE: CHART INDICATES % SATISFIED
From “Full Text Reader Preferences Survey” contracted by ACS Publications, December 2013
ACS ActiveView PDF (and ACS ChemWorx)
• Presents the
preferred “composed
view” of an article
• Enhances the static
page content with
interactive data
elements from
SciFinder
• Links the article to
ACS ChemWorx
• Growth platform for
mobile and digitalfirst publication
Our Four Open Access Pillars:
New ACS Open Access Initiatives
ACS Central Science: A new journal that’s free to both readers
and authors
ACS Editors’ Choice: Free public access to new research of
importance to the global community; one article each day
ACS Author Rewards: Encouraging ACS authors to choose open
access with a $60-million stimulus program
ACS AuthorChoice: Expanded to include new options to help
authors meet open access requirements, including ACS
Certified Deposit of the published article version of record
ACS Editors’ Choice – New in 2014
Free Mobile and Web Access Available
• Optimized for quick access to the most
popular article elements (journal name,
authors, abstract & images)
• Meets the demands of our growing
mobile audience
• Designed and built on top of our
standard platform, using Agile
methodology
ACS Editors’ Choice – January launch
ACS Editors’ Choice
Free Articles from Across the
ACS Journals Portfolio
ACS AuthorChoice
More Pricing
Options
ACS Certified
Deposit
eCommerce
More Pricing Options
All
Publications
Subscribers
SAVE
25%
ACS
Members
SAVE
Additional
50%
ACS Certified Deposit
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The final version of record for ACS copyrighted articles is deposited by ACS in
repositories on behalf of authors, in exchange for participation in ACS AuthorChoice:
– ACS deposits the final version of record into repositories
– ACS will maintain a record (think “transcript”) of deposits, and will provide a certification of
deposit for authors
– On the publications website, the article is made open access after 12 months
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ACS’ Journals Publishing Agreement allows self-archiving by authors of accepted
manuscripts under certain conditions.
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Supporting the version of record is aligned with ACS’ #1 goal - to be the most
authoritative, comprehensive, and indispensable provider of chemistry-related
information.
Related developments in progress for AuthorChoice, CC-BY, CC-BY-NC-ND:
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Terms of use links
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Permissions processing in Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink
ACS Author Rewards
“ACS Announces $60 Million in Open Access Stimulus Funding for Authors”
– $1500 in redemption certificates for each of 40,000 peer reviewed
articles published in 2014 to corresponding authors
– Redeemable against any ACS AuthorChoice option; valid for 3 years
from January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2017
– Designed to facilitate author compliance with OA mandates
– Credit(s) to appear before the end of 2014 in ACS ChemWorx accounts
ACS Central Science
Highly selective, peer-reviewed journal:
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Will publish 100-200 articles annually
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No article publishing charges for Authors
Covers the breadth of chemistry research
• Will publish exceptional multidisciplinary papers
across the broad spectrum of the chemical
sciences, including chemistry and chemical
engineering, life sciences and biomedicine, physics
and materials science, and computational science
and engineering
Led by a renowned scientist and active researcher and
international editorial board
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To be appointed and announced in 2014
All articles will be freely available online immediately upon
publication
• Initially sponsored by ACS – additional sponsorship
under development
www.acsopenaccess.org
More about new ACS
Open Access Initiatives
may be found at:
www.acsopenaccess.org
ACS Publications Division
Overview and 2013 Highlights
Brian D. Crawford, Ph.D.
President
Joint Board-Council Committee on Publications
March 14, 2014
Dallas, TX