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1. Copernicus Publications Innovative Open Access Publishing and Public Peer-Review Dr. Xenia van Edig Copernicus Publications | October 2013
2. Overview Open Access Publishing – A Short Overview Copernicus Publications at a Glance Copernicus Publications’ Multiple Open Access Strartegy
3. Open Access Publishing A Short Overview
4. What is Gold OA? Green OA is free access to pre- or postprints Gold OA provides free access to the article source (e.g. journal) Gold OA includes the financing of peer-review, publication & archiving Investigation of content from 1.66 Mio. articles in 2011 (Scopus) 17% gold OA content 5% delayed – 12% immediate (Laakso and Björk, BMC Medicine 2012, 10:124)
5. Financing Laakso and Björk, BMC Medicine 2012, 10:124 Author-pay model Page vs. article charges Submission vs. publication charges Hybrid model Subscription journal with OA to articles  extra fee Springer Open Choice 2,000 €  double payment? Community-fee model Institutional ownership/sponsorship  70% OA journals without fees (Suber 2006, Hooker 2007, Shieber 2009)
6. Copernicus Publications at a Glance
7. History of Copernicus Publications Founding of Copernicus in 1988 as a spin-off of the Max-Planck- Institute for Solar System Research Organization of scientific meetings & conferences since 1988 1994 Start of Copernicus Publications 2001 Start of the first Open Access journal, followed by the move of the other journals towards OA 2013 Copernicus Publications publishes 32 peer-reviewed Open Access journals and 15 access-reviewed scientific discussion forums 50 Staff members, offices in Göttingen/Germany Co-founder of OASPA, member of stm Member of ORCID
8. Publication Facts 136,900 pages published in 2012 5,300 papers published in 2012 Submissions from >70 countries 1,500 Editors 47 Journals and scientific discussion forums
9. Multiple OA strategy
10. Triple OA Strategy 1 OA1 – Open Access to the Manufacture 2 OA2 – Open Access to the Review 3 OA3 – Open Access to the Publications
11. OA1 – Open Access to the Manufacture From Submission… …to Acceptance Review Process 1-2 personal contacts for Editors, Referees & Authors Online Review System with extended personal support Publication Production 1 personal contact for Authors from acceptance to publication Project teams of 2-3 permanent staff members No limitation on proof-readings From Acceptance… …to Publication  Open Access Library + Alert Service  (e)Archiving worldwide  Indexing in databases and search engines
12. Insourcing Strategy Online Review System Editorial Support Online Review System Typesetting Typesetting Copy Editing Publication Delivery Web Development Publication Delivery Software & Hardware Infrastructure We know our Product… …we Listen to the Communities
13. Copernicus License Model Leave it to the Scientists Partner with scientific associations Let societies own titles and let them control the editorial policy Listen to scientists and tailor your services Licensing and Start up Phase Agreement on service allowance for Copernicus Societies determine the APCs – from waivers to surplus Business is run by Copernicus, societies earn license fee
14. OA2 – Open Access to the Review OA has the Potential to Enhance the Quality! Submitted manuscripts can be OA Reviewer reports can be OA Manuscripts can be discussed OA The accepted publication can be OA
15. 1. Submission 2. Access Review 3. Technical Corrections 4. Publication as D-paper Referees 5. Discussion Comments 6. Revision 5 7. Revised Submission 2 8. Peer-Review Completion 8 9. Final Revised Publication Referee Comments 6 1 5 7 Editor 4 Author Author 3 Author Comments 9 Short Comments Discussion Paper 1st Stage (Discussion Forum) 2nd Stage (Journal) 5 Final Revised Paper Scientific Community Public Peer-Review & Interactive Public Discussion Editor
16. 1. Submission 2. Access Review 3. Technical Corrections 4. Publication as D-paper Referees 5. Discussion Comments 6. Revision 5 7. Revised Submission 2 8. Peer-Review Completion 8 9. Final Revised Publication Referee Comments 6 1 5 7 Editor 4 Author Author 3 Author Comments 9 Short Comments Discussion Paper 1st Stage (Discussion Forum) 2nd Stage (Journal) 5 Final Revised Paper Scientific Community Public Peer-Review & Interactive Public Discussion Editor
17. Innovative Approach for the Review Process (Optional) Public Peer-Review & Interactive Public Discussion Rapid access-review → publication as discussion paper Interactive public discussion: published referee comments, author comments & comments of the scientific community Paper revision & final acceptance → publication as final revised paper Designed to Foster scientific discussion; Maximize the effectiveness and transparency of scientific quality assurance; Enable rapid publication of new scientific results; Make scientific publications freely accessible.
18. Advantages of Public Peer-Review & Discussion Rapid AND Thorough Rapid publication as discussion paper Thorough peer-review by discussion & revision Win for Authors, Reviewers & Readers Direct feedback & public recognition for authors; Higher quality submissions save reviewer capacities; Documentation of the review for readers.
19. Anyone is free: to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work to Remix — to adapt the work Under the following conditions: Attribution. The original authors must be given credit. OA3 – Open Access to the Publications
20. Distribution and Preservation Archiving eArchives: Portico, CLOCKSS Libraries: LOC, Bodleian, DNB, NLB Indexing Thomson Reuters, Scopus ADS, CAS, CSA, DOAJ, GeoBase, GeoRef, J-Gate Google Scholar Any other discipline-specific information source
21. Article Level Metrics Usage (downloads, views) Impact (citations) Saved (bookmarks) Discussion (social media)
22. Thank you very much for your attention!