1 Open Access Publishing: Possibilities, Pros and ConsMarcel Zwietering Prof. Food Microbiology Chair AFSG Library committee Anna Besse-Lototskaya WUR Library November 24, 2016 AFSG
2 Library Committee AFSGMarcel Zwietering (Chair / Representative in Library council) Costas Nikiforidis BCT (Gerrit van Willigenburg ) Meike van der Zande RIKILT Mieke Kleijn PCC Harry Wichers FBR Alida Melse HNE Yujie He PhD ETE Library: Simone Kortekaas, Marianne Renkema, Hubert Krekels, Corry Snijder Facilitating us now and in the future !
3 Open Access PublishingWUR Library: Anna Besse-Lototskaya Corry Snijder Marianne Renkema AFSG: Marcel Zwietering Programme: What is Open Access (OA)? Pros and Cons OA options Do I have to publish OA? Funding Quality Open Access for AFSG
4 What is Open Access? DOAJ: Directory of Open Access journals Open Access literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Free and open online access Disseminate research more widely Wikipedia Free of charge from readers perspective, not for authors. Open Access as business model
5 Open Access: arguments promore exposure for your work practitioners can apply your findings Researchers in developing countries can see your work higher citation rates taxpayers get value for money your research can influence policy Creative Commons license the public can access your findings Modified from D. Kingsley & S. Brown
6 Open Access: arguments contraJournals may charge Article Processing Charges (APCs) to publish Average EUR (Max Planck, 2015) Impact factor <–> APC’s Concerns regarding allocation of publishing funds Concerns about quality of journals (OA model encourages journals to publish more articles but of a lower quality) Predatory journals or spam Different ways of OA and a variety of arrangements
7 Characteristics of predatory journalsAccepting articles quickly with little or no peer review or quality control Notifying academics of article fees only after papers are accepted Listing academics as members of editorial boards without their permission Appointing fake academics to editorial boards Mimicking the name or web site style of more established journals Fake or non-existent impact factors Beall’s list of predatory publishers
8 Open Access: arguments contraJournals may charge Article Processing Charges (APCs) to publish Average EUR (Max Planck, 2015) Impact factor <–> APC’s Concerns regarding allocation of publishing funds Concerns about quality of journals (OA model encourages journals to publish more articles but of a lower quality) Predatory journals or spam Different ways of OA and a variety of arrangements
9 Open Access to peer-reviewed publicationsPublisher may ask for Article Processing Charges (APC) Open Access Journal gold road Open Access publishing Article in OA gold hybrid Open Access of your article for extra charge Final peer-reviewed copy in OA repository (self-archiving) Staff Publications Traditional journals No OA allowed by publisher green road
10 Netherlands Target (Sander Dekker, 2013): 60% OA in 2018, 100% in 2024! Calls upon researchers to: use green OA today co-operate to achieve gold OA hybrid gold OA permitted as transition
11 Requirements by fundersH2020: Open Access of publications is mandatory. Golden road is encouraged, green road is mandatory repository EU peer-reviewed papers within 6 months for Life Sciences ERC grants: not mandatory
12 Open Access to peer-reviewed publicationsOpen Access Journal gold road Publisher may ask for Article Processing Charges (APC) Open Access publishing Article in OA gold hybrid Final peer-reviewed copy in Open Access repository (self-archiving) Staff Publications Direct OA Traditional publication green road Embargo period
13 Shop around for an OA journalUse WUR Library Journal Browser (DOAJ filter) to find a journal that meets your needs: Questions to ask: How ‘open’ is this journal? Quality: use Beall’s list of predatory and questionable publishers Is this OA journal peer-reviewed, included in WoS, JCR IF? How much is the APC? What are the APC funding possibilities? Check Publisher’s Agreement before selecting the journal Predatory: Gericht op geld verdienen ipv wetenschappelijke kwaliteit. Misbruik van namen.
14 Funds for gold Open AccessNWO: € per project; OA journals only, no APCs hybrid journals. Also reimbursement after the end of the project. EU H2020: budget APC in your project! OA and hybrid journals. Possibly a mechanism of funding post-project publications. APC discounts for reviewers, ‘author rewards’ Discounts on APCs via WUR Library: BioMed Central / BMC & SpringerOpen (440 journals): 57% discount Cogitatio Press: 20% discount Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI): 25% discount
15 Open Access to peer-reviewed publicationsOpen Access Journal gold road Open Access publishing Article in OA gold hybrid Open Access of your article for extra charge Big deals for Dutch Universities Final peer-reviewed copy in Open Access repository (self-archiving) Staff Publications Direct OA Traditional publication Embargo period green road
16 Funds for gold hybrid: Dutch UniversitiesFor Wageningen University & Research corresponding authors Springer : all hybrid journals (around 1700) Wiley : all hybrid journals (around 1400) ACS As of 2017: all hybrid journals R. Chem. Soc. 2016: all hybrid journals (vouchers Library) Elsevier : 274 journals in By 2018: 30% of hybrid journal titles Sage : free of charge for 150 hybrid journals. Other journals: GBP 200 per paper Other Also Karger and Emerald Pyblishing Group. Currently, negotiations are ongoing with a few other publishers (a.o. Oxford Uni Press, Taylor & Francis).
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18 WUR Library: Journal BrowserSearch for journals: look up a journal by subject/ keywords OA filter Quartile filter
19 Search for journals in Library Browser
20 Refine to Q1 and free Open Access
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22 Open Access to peer-reviewed publicationsOpen Access Journal gold road Open Access publishing Article in OA gold hybrid Final peer-reviewed copy in Open Access repository (self-archiving) Staff Publications Direct OA Traditional publication Embargo period green road 6-24 months Check for publisher copyright policies and self-archiving: Sherpa/Romeo
23 Copyright policy database Embargo = 12 months
24 Green road: WUR Staff Publications(Wageningen Yield or WUR Repository) Take the following steps to make your publication OA, at the Library / Open Access website: Check if the publisher of your article allows you to file the postprint / PDF in the repository. Sherpa Romeo database. Add a cover sheet to the publication. Download the template. Send the document to the Library
25 Cover sheet example
26 Publications are indexed by Google Scholar!WUR Library is developing a workflow for making Green Open Access for researchers easier
27 Top 15 AFSG journals 2009-2015 (5.415 papers)AFSG pubs IF Open Access APC National deal Green OA/ Embargo Publisher PLoS One 172 3.2 Q1 gold $1.495 open PLoS Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 102 2.9 hybrid $1.500 Free as of 2017 postprint, 12 months Am Chem Soc Langmuir 99 4.5 Soft Matter 86 4.0 £ VAT Free (vouchers Library) Royal Society of Chemistry Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78 3.7 OA after 6 months NA publisher's pdf, immediate Am Soc for Microbiology Bioresource Technology 77 $ VAT Free postprint, 24 months Elsevier American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 72 6.8 $3.000 Am Soc for Nutrition British Journal of Nutrition 3.5 Q2 $2,835 postprint immediate / pdf 12 months Cambridge Uni Press Food Hydrocolloids 70 4.1 $ VAT Free as of 2018 Environmental Science and Technology 69 5.3 The Journal of Nutrition 64 Food Chemistry 62 3.4 $ VAT Water Research 44 6.0 $ VAT International Journal of Food Microbiology 3.1 European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2.7 $ VAT postprint 6 months Nature Group Nature 10 41.5 green only
28 AFSG publications in journalsOpen Access journals IF PLoS One 3.2 BMC Genomics 4.0 BMC Public Health 2.3 Microbial Cell Factories 4.2 Scientific Reports 5.6 Nucleic Acids Research 9.1 Biotechnology for Biofuels 6.0 Nutrients 3.3
29 Choosing a journal to publish OALook around for new options! for searching journals and OA deals a full OA journal? keep APC in mind subscription journal? National deals for OA high APC? check embargo and use Green option for OA wageningenur.eu/library/open-access: check options and funds
30 I want to be read ! I also want to be cited ! Multatuli 1820-1887Marcel Zwietering
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32 How to get cited ? High IF Right Journal for AudiencePublish in Consortia Appealing subject / title / keywords / highlights Review, generic article “Method” that is going to be used often Additional marketing (press release, webinar, social media, conference sessions ...) Open Access
33 How do I select a journal ?IF / Status Readers (microbiologist, food technologists, industry/government, biologists, scientist ?) Scope of Journal Costs (APC or page charges) Open access
34 Example options for my domainJournal color Charges OA fee IF International Journal of Food Microbiology / Food Control / Food Microbiology: Elsevier * Hybrid 0$ ~3300$ ~3.5 Applied and Environmental Microbiology (for members) free access after 6 months 75$ /page 2250$ 3.8 Journal of Food Protection (for members) $90 /page 2500$ 1.6** Annual Reviews in Food Science and Technology Closed ?? 7.0 Frontiers in Microbiology Gold 2490$ 3.5 last years ( ) 50 publications: 2 OA journal, 2 open access fee paid (hybrid), 2 in free access after 6 months (AEM), 41 in hybrid but not OA , 3 closed * 3550/3300/3000 IF 3.445/3.388/3.682 ** industrial use is also impact
35 Conclusion There is not one solutionChoice based on multiple motivations IF / Status Readers Scope of Journal Costs Open access
36 Get more from your Library Research data management plan Open data / data publishing Publishing for impact / citation analyses Literature search support ORCID