This presentation looks into the growth of open access and how institutions can tangibly support authors and mandates. It focuses on how, by increasing open access output, an institution can raise the visibility and impact of research, ultimately increasing both the visibility and prestige of an institution.

1. Gold Open Access – a successful model? Natalia Timiraos Business Development Manager – BioMed Central, Springer Open Access Week 2011- Swedish University of Agriculture

4. BMC Copernicus PLoS Hindawi Springer Open Choice Growth in OA 2000 - 2010 Presented by Mark Patterson, PLoS, at the SOAP Symposium, Berlin, January 2011 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

7. Springer is a green publisher

8. Springer pioneered the hybrid journal; Springer Open Choice

9. Open access at Springer truly is open access

10. Open access at Springer truly is open access

15. S pringer is involved in the discussions [email_address] SpringerOpen Journal Manager

16. “ Springer is now the world’s largest open access publisher” Peter Suber in October 2008 Acquisition of BioMed Central in 2008

18. BioMed Central journals with impact factors Open access model proven to be fully compatible with high quality

19. BioMed Central journals with Impact factors Arthritis Research &Therapy 4.27 BMC Medicine 3.99 Breast Cancer Research 5.33 Critical Care 4.93 Genome Biology 6.63 Journal of Neuroinflammation 4.68 Journal of Translational Medicine 3.41 Malaria Journal 3.00 Molecular Cancer 4.16 Molecular Neurodegeneration 5.09 Molecular Pain 4.19 Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 5.83 Respiratory Research 3.13 Retrovirology 4.11 Trials 2.02

20. Open access articles published in BioMed Central journals

21. Sweden open access activity

26. Institutional Repository (DSpace/Eprints etc. ) Automated Deposit to IR via SWORD Manuscript SWORD Import SWORD Export Published articles from institution’s authors Published article Accepted and Published article

27. http://www.openrepository.com/