This presentation was provided by Jennifer Regala of the American Urological Association, during the NISO hot topic virtual conference "Open Research." The event was held on November 17, 2021.

2. THE ROAD TO OPEN SCIENCE:
A CASE STUDY

3. Defining Open Science

4. How It Started vs. How It’s Going
• The AUA’s portfolio of publications: two peer-reviewed
journals, one newsletter/digital ecosystem, one CME
product, multiple Annual Meeting-related publications
• June 2020: *zero* Open Access publishing options
• November 2021: lots to look forward to!

5. Doing The Work
• Education – Internal, Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Boards,
Board of Directors, authors, reviewers, the urological
community at large, MY OWN listening and learning!
• Research – What are best practices?
• Partnership – Wolters Kluwer, internal and external
constituencies
• Prioritization – Hard to drink from a fire hose!

6. The Box Is Never Checked
• This isn’t grocery shopping or a chore list
• Complex and ongoing is not bad!
• Celebrate the victories
• Learn from the mistakes
• Measure impact
• Communicate/educate often
• Never stop learning and scanning

7. Open Access: A Timeline
• June 2020 – NO OA option for authors
• August 2020 – Option to purchase OA for both journals
• February 2021 – Presentation to Board of Directors seeking
permission to explore launching a Gold OA journal
• September 2021 – Board of Directors approval to launch a
Gold OA journal
• January 2023 – Launch of JU Open Plus

8. Open Peer Review
• Historically, single-anonymous peer review has been
used by The Journal of Urolgogy®
• Double-anonymous peer review? NO, here’s why…
• Open peer review launched as of November 1, 2021
• But wait. How are we defining open peer review?
And how will it evolve?
• Goals: transparency and inclusivity

9. Editorial Policies
• Preprints
• Sharing data
• It’s my responsibility to bring these concerns forward
to our Ed Boards and educate them
• Standing item on every agenda

10. A Publications Committee
• Restructuring the Publications Committee
• Including non-urologists in the discussion
• Who should be included at this table?
• What should this Publications Committee do?
• SWOT, recommendations, ethics policies
• A compass to guide us

11. A Robust Social Media Presence
• An easy way to start a conversation and keep it going
• What does the community want?
• How do they feel about open peer review?
• Engagement and involvement in important new
initiatives; for instance, JUOP
• Great way to connect the community to others. What
are other similar orgs doing?

12. Break down Internal Barriers
• It’s my job to educate my peers
• Collaboration with other teams for maximum
accessibility of research (Office of Education, Office
of Research, Guidelines, Marketing, and
Communications are a few examples)
• Scholarly publishing is exotic if you don’t know what
it’s all about. Make it accessible!

13. Learn from Others
• Social media
• Events – webinars, conferences
• Networking – don’t be shy
• Other organizations
• Other industries – real estate is a great example

14. Keeping an Eye on Relevance
• Publishing relevance
• Organizational relevance
• Individual relevance
• Content relevance
• Open is the future, and it’s the right thing to do

15. The Other “R” Word: Revenue
• The elephant in the room
• For many of us, $$$$ earned from
publishing is reinvested in the
community
• For the most part, accessibility
aligns with impact, which then
aligns with revenue

16. Understanding My Role in All of the Above
• Educator
• Innovator
• Silo-buster
• Communicator
• “It’s free to be nice and to comb your hair”
• “Other duties as assigned…”
• THE BOX WILL NEVER BE CHECKED

17. QUESTIONS?