Information Event organised by D-MTEC, D-GESS & ETH Bibliothek. ETH Zurich, 25 Nov 2013

1. OPEN ACCESS AND NEW FORMS OF PUBLISHING
IN ECONOMICS, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES
Information event organised by D-MTEC, D-GESS & ETH-Bibliothek
ETH Zurich, 25 November 2013
Barbara Hirschmann, E-Publishing Office, ETH-Bibliothek
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2. OPEN ACCESS:
STATEMENTS, QUESTIONS AND FEARS
«We are in the hands of the
publishers.» (Umfrage ETH-Bibliothek, 2012)
Why should I publish open
access?
How does peer review go together with
With open access copyright is in danger. open access?
Who pays for an open access publication?
Who is responsible for quality control in
open access publications?
How can an open access publications
reach a good reputation?
«Es darf nicht zum Zwang werden,
man sollte die Wahl haben.»
(Umfrage ETH-Bibliothek, 2012)
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«Ein Artikel muss im Web of Science
zitiert werden, sonst ist es verlorene
Literatur.» (Umfrage ETH-Bibliothek, 2012)

3. OPEN ACCESS
What is Open Access?
accessible
without costs for the reader
«Open access […] literature is digital, online, free of charge,
and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.»
(Peter Suber, 2012)
possibility to reuse
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Download
Copy
Distribute
Print
Search
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4. TRADITIONAL PUBLICATION CYCLE
Author
(as recipient)
Author
(as producer)
Library
Publisher
Bookseller
/ Library
Supplier
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5. TRADITIONAL PUBLICATION CYCLE
Paid by
taxpayer
Author
(as recipient)
Author
(as producer)
peer review
delivery
Paid by
taxpayer
selection &
acquistion
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Library
Publisher
Bookseller
/ Library
Supplier
layout, copy-editing
distribution

6. THE SERIALS CRISIS
Annual US journal price increases compared to Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Source: http://allenpress.com/system/files/pdfs/library/2012_AP_JPS.pdf
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7. JOURNAL PRICES
Impact
Factor:
1.3
Journal of applied polymer science
$
=
$
Impact
Factor:
31,2
Science
$
=
$
Impact
Factor:
1.54
Journal of non-crystalline solids
$
7
$

8. JOURNAL PRICES
Source: Bosch, Stephen and Kittie Henderson. «The Winds of Change. Periodicals Price
Survey 2013.» Library Journal 21 July 2013. URL:
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/04/publishing/the-winds-of-change-periodicals-price-survey2013 [18.11.2013]
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9. PROFIT MARGINS
IN SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING
40.00%
35.00%
30.00%
25.00%
20.00%
15.00%
10.00%
5.00%
0.00%
Source: http://de.slideshare.net/cirasella/open-access-which-side-are-you-on-oa-week-2013
[22.11.2013]
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10. RESOURCES AND DOCUMENTS HELD
BY THE ETH-BIBLIOTHEK
Journals
electronic format
current, printed format
Databases
14 600
5 380
145
Books, reference works
e-Books
105 000
printed papers (monographs and 2 887 000
bound volumes)
Dissertations, reports
documents ETH E-Collection
reports and microfiches
28 000
2 213 000
Maps
incl. plans
403 000
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11. USAGE OF PRODUCTS OF THE
ETH-BIBLIOTHEK
Usage of products ETH-Bibliothek 2001 – 2012
4,000,000
Loans (printed documents)
3,750,000
Document delivery
3,500,000
subito, FIZ
3,250,000
Accesses library website
Accesses databases
3,000,000
Accesses licensed electronic journals
2,750,000
Accesses ETH E-Collection (PDF downloads)
2,500,000
Accesses e-books
2,250,000
2,000,000
1,750,000
1,500,000
1,250,000
1,000,000
750,000
500,000
250,000
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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12. ACQUISITIONS BUDGET OF THE
ETH-BIBLIOTHEK
9%
3%
14%
journals (online and print)
databases
13%
60%
e-books
monographs and serials
other
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13. OPEN ACCESS
• A way out of the serials crisis?
• A way out of library budget
problems?
• Solve copyright restriction
problems?
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14. OPEN ACCESS
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Increased visibility and higher citation rates
Fast, toll-free access to information
Good findability via search engines
All the benefits of digital documents
Promotes international and interdisciplinary cooperation
Greater research efficiency through early
discussion of results
Authors retain copyright
Open access to publicly-funded research
results
Long-term document availability
Benefits in networked, IT-supported work
environments

15. OPEN ACCESS – THE GREEN ROAD
Open Access – The Green Road
Author
(as recipient)
Author
(as producer)
Peer Review
Publication in
Repository
delivery
Library
selection &
acquistion
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Publisher
Bookseller
/ Library
Supplier
layout, copy-editing
distribution

16. OPEN ACCESS – THE GREEN ROAD
Usage of products ETH-Bibliothek 2001 – 2012
4,000,000
Loans (printed documents)
3,750,000
Document delivery
3,500,000
subito, FIZ
3,250,000
Accesses library website
Accesses databases
3,000,000
Accesses licensed electronic journals
2,750,000
Accesses ETH E-Collection (PDF downloads)
2,500,000
Accesses e-books
2,250,000
2,000,000
1,750,000
1,500,000
1,250,000
1,000,000
750,000
500,000
250,000
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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17. OPEN ACCESS – THE GREEN ROAD
Self-Archiving in Open Access repositories
Institutional
Repository
Disciplinary
Repository
OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories)
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18. OPEN ACCESS – THE GREEN ROAD
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19. OPEN ACCESS – THE GREEN ROAD
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20. OPEN ACCESS – THE GREEN ROAD
Persistent Identifier
Free of charge
Disciplinary collection
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21. OPEN ACCESS – THE GREEN ROAD
Persistent Identifier (DOI)
Long term archiving
Free of charge
Up-to-date download statistics
Metadata transfer to E-Citations
When publishing in ETH E-Collection you comply with Open Access mandates
of ETH Zurich, SNSF, and the European Commission!
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22. OPEN ACCESS – THE GOLDEN ROAD
Publishing in Open Access Journals
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Quality Control (Peer Review)
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Different funding mechanisms
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Article Processing Charges
Author retains Copyright (standard licence: CC-BY)

23. OPEN ACCESS – THE GOLDEN ROAD
Open Access – The Golden Road
1. Choose a Journal
List of OA Journals with impact factor: http://labs.biblioteca.uoc.edu/test/doaj/
2. Avoid publishing with predatory OA Publishers:
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Beall’s List: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/
OASPA: Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association

24. OPEN ACCESS – THE GOLDEN ROAD
Funding
$ 0,-
$
1140,-
$
2500,-
• Research Funds
• ETH Zurich memberships
• Open Access Option («Hybrid Journals»): Not financed by ETH
Zurich!
e.g. Springer Open Choice, Elsevier Sponsored Articles, Wiley Online Open, ….
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25. OPEN ACCESS – THE GOLDEN ROAD
Correlation of APCs with Journal’s Impact Factor
Source: Theo Andrew (2012): Gold Open Access: Counting the Costs, http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue70/andrew.
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26. OPEN ACCESS – THE GOLDEN ROAD
Source: Laakso and Björk BMC Medicine 2012, 10:124 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-10-124
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27. OPEN ACCESS – THE GOLDEN ROAD
18.00%
16.00%
14.00%
12.00%
Delayed OA
10.00%
Hybrid OA
8.00%
In full immediate OA journals
6.00%
4.00%
2.00%
0.00%
2008
2009
2010
2011
Source: based on Laakso and Björk BMC Medicine 2012, 10:124 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-10-124
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28. OPEN ACCESS – THE GOLDEN ROAD
Source: Laakso and Björk BMC Medicine 2012, 10:124 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-10-124
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29. OPEN ACCESS – THE GOLDEN ROAD
New Publishing Models: Megajournals
Source: Davis, Phil: The Rise and Fall of PLOS ONE’s Impact Factor (2012 = 3.730).
The scholarly kitchen. URL: http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/06/20/the-rise-andfall-of-plos-ones-impact-factor-2012-3-730/
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30. OPEN ACCESS – THE GOLDEN ROAD
New Publishing Models
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31. OPEN ACCESS – THE GOLDEN ROAD
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Publication of the submitted version as “Discussion Paper”
within 3 weeks
Review by
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invited referees (classic peer review)
Registered readers (open assessment)
Published or rejected as “Journal Article”
Discussion Paper with all comments remains accessible to
the public
Journal included in SSCI since 2012

32. OPEN ACCESS IN THE HUMANITIES
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«Delayed Open Access»:
Open Access to Publisher Backlists
(books / journals)
e.g. retro.seals.ch
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Pilot projects with
Open Access Book Publishing
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Research funder initiatives (DFG, Wellcome
Trust, Austrian Science Fund)
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33. OPEN ACCESS @ ETH ZURICH
The Open Access Movement & ETH
2002
Budapest Open Access Initiative
2003
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to
Scientific Knowledge
2006
ETH Zurich signs Berlin Declaration
2008
ETH Zurich adopts Open Access Policy
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34. OPEN ACCESS @ ETH ZURICH
ETH Zurich Open Access Policy (2008)
“The ETH Zurich requires of staff and postgraduate students to post
electronic copies of any research papers that have been accepted
for publication in a peer-reviewed journal (post-prints), theses and other
scientific research output (monographs, reports, proceedings, videos
etc.), to be made freely available as soon as possible into the
institutional repository ETH E-Collection, if there are no legal
objections. The ETH Zurich expects authors where possible, to retain
their copyright. For detailed information see the rules of the ETH ECollection.”
“The ETH Zurich encourages their researchers to publish in a
suitable Open Access journal where one exists and will cover a part of
the publication costs.”
www.library.ethz.ch/open-access
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35. OPEN ACCESS IN THE EU
Open Access in FP 7
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FP7: Open-Access pilot
Grant agreements in seven areas contain special clause 39
«Open Access»
Articles originating from these projects must be deposited to an online
repository latest 6 / 12 months after publication (sciences / social sciences
& humanities)
Article Processing Charges are eligible (limited to duration of project)
Open Access in Horizon 2020
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From OA pilot in FP7 to OA mandate in Horizon 2020
Possibility for funding of Article Processing Charges after project ends
Pilot for Open Research Data

36. OPEN ACCESS @ SNSF
Swiss National Science Foundation
• requires its grant recipients to self-archive their
publications in peer-reviewed journals on an
open-access repository
• offers researchers the opportunity to claim
publication fees for articles in open-access
journals of up to CHF 3’000 as project costs
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37. OPEN ACCESS MANDATES
International Developments
Great Britain
• Research Councils UK: direct funding to
Universities for financing APCs from 2013
United States:
• NIH to withhold grant money to enforce OA
policy
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38. OPEN ACCESS MANDATES
Quelle: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/news/2012-12-12-JULIET-Upgrade.html [17.12.2012]
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39. COPYRIGHT – SELF-ARCHIVING
• Self-Archiving
• What is allowed?
• How do I retain my rights?
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40. COPYRIGHT – SELF-ARCHIVING
“ETH Zurich requires of staff and postgraduate students to post
electronic copies of any research papers [ …] into the institutional
repository ETH E-Collection, if there are no legal objections.”
• Publishers usually allow some sort of
self-archiving
• Where to look it up?
• Copyright Transfer Agreement
• SHERPA/RoMEO Database
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41. Which format?
• Usually Postprint
(= author’s
manuscript after peer
review)
When?
• Possible embargos
between 2 and 24
months
Where?
• Author’s website
• Institutional
repository
• Disciplinary
repository
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42. COPYRIGHT- SELF-ARCHIVING
“The ETH Zurich expects authors where
possible, to retain their copyright.”
What does this mean?
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Read the publication agreement with great care
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Transferring copyright doesn’t have to be all or nothing
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Publishing agreements are negotiable
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Use the SPARC author addendum
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43. COPYRIGHT - LICENSING
Creative Commons Licences
CC BY:
Creative Commons Attribution Licence
CC BY NC:
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence
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44. THE FUTURE OF PUBLISHING
A Vision for the future?
Björn Brembs,
Professor of
Neurobiology, University
of Regensburg
Is a publishing system
without journals
feasible?
• Peer Review?
• Prestige?
• Impact Factor?
Source:
http://de.slideshare.net/brembs/some-technical-hurdles-towards-open-science
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45. CHALLENGES REMAIN…
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Open Access publishing is developing steadily, but
slowly
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The financial aspects of Gold Open Access are not
solved
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Can financial savings be achieved?
Who will finance additional costs during the “transition
period”
Can the power of the big publishers be cut down?
Green Open Access probably not to become a
standard if it does not come with strong enforcement
mechanisms

46. CONTACTS
www.library.ethz.ch/open-access
http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch
e-publishing@library.ethz.ch
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