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Committed to making the world’s scientific and medical literature a public resource Peter Binfield, Managing Editor of PLoS ONE [email protected] Outline • • • • Open Access PLoS Publications PLoS ONE and CoML PLoS and a Marine Science ‘Hub’ What is open access? • Free, immediate access • Deposition in a digital public archive • Unrestricted reuse – (the most powerful element) • Bethesda definition, 2003 We believe in the power of an open network of literature & data Document Data …but if you allow some content to be ‘closed’, what does this do… Document Data …but if you allow some content to be ‘closed’, what does this do… Document Data …not an encouraging scenario. Document Data Why should CoML care about OA? • Publishing in ‘closed access’ journals severely hampers your reach – most Western researchers in a major institution will be able to read your output… – but what about the developing world? And the public? And policy makers? And small institutions? • You may be able to pay to ‘buy the rights’ to make your articles free… – but even then, free access is not as good as open access – and you risk paying 3 times for the privilege (once to submit (many journals have page charges), once to subscribe to the journal (to read your literature), and once more to buy the right to make it ‘free’. • The usability of your literature and research will be dramatically reduced – People will be discouraged (or prevented) from re-using it, re-analysing it, data mining it etc The Public Library of Science – our publishing strategy • Establish high quality journals – put PLoS and open access on the map • Build a more extensive OA publishing operation – an open access home for every paper • Make the literature more useful – to scientists and the public PLoS Biology October, 2003 • • • • PLoS Medicine October, 2004 Professional/ academic editors Very selective Extensive media coverage High impact – usage and citations PLoS ‘Community Journals’ June-September, 2005 October, 2007 • Community-run • Intermediate rejection rate – still select for ‘significance’ • Akin to the majority of the 25,000 journals in the world PLoS ONE December 2006 The Future of Academic Publishing? • • • • • • • • Community run (Ed Board of 750) High volume (2,700 papers in 2008) Highly efficient publishing process Online only, and web 2.0 enabled (rating, notes, comments) Fast, transparent, ‘hassle free’ Groundbreaking and unlike anything else that came before Constantly experimenting and innovating Approx doubling in volume every year PLoS ONE (www.plosone.org) • Inclusive scope – breadth of coverage (all of science) – range of impact • Objective peer review, rapid service – focus on technical rigor, not subjective ‘impact’ – growing submissions • Organization and assessment after publication – article-level metrics – community activity and debate • Cost-effective – modest publication fees ($1, 300) cover all costs PLoS ONE December 2006 The Future of Academic Publishing? • • • • Very flexible approach to your needs Papers can be of any length Papers can include full colour throughout Papers can include extensive ancillary material (datasets, excel sheets, multimedia videos, audio, translations etc) • Happy to accommodate your requirements re. data deposition etc • Fully archived in industry standard locations • Be aware – We have no Impact Factor PLoS & CoML - levels of interaction • Publication of individual papers – in any of our journals • Publication of ‘Collections’ (aka ‘Special Issues’) in PLoS ONE – – – – Regional Synthesis group ChEss NaGiSA Possibly HMAP, GoMA, Transparent Ocean etc • Creation of a Marine Sciences ‘Hub’ – By end year PLoS & CoML - levels of interaction • Publication of individual papers – in any of our journals • Publication of ‘Collections’ (aka ‘Special Issues’) in PLoS ONE – – – – Regional Synthesis group ChEss NaGiSA Possibly HMAP, GoMA, Transparent Ocean • Creation of a Marine Sciences ‘Hub’ – By end year Collections • Akin to a ‘Special Issue’ in a journal • Approx 5 – 40 papers on a single topic • ‘Aggregated’ together into a single location under a single ‘banner’. • Papers can appear in multiple Collections • Content can be vetted / pre-approved by CoML • Follows a PLoS ONE workflow and the publication decision is owned by PLoS ONE • Published in PLoS ONE (i.e. that is the citation location and the final functionality) • Can be built up over time, or published all at once • Collections can contain overview articles Making Collections more effective • Encourage deposition of datasets – PLoS – relevant community databases • Link to relevant datasets and related views – relevant community databases – OBIS – Google Earth • New functionality coming – inline multimedia files – expert tagging of articles – Article Level Metrics information PLoS & CoML – levels of interaction • Publication of individual papers – in any of our journals • Publication of ‘Collections’ (aka ‘Special Issues’) in PLoS ONE – – – – Regional Synthesis group ChEss NaGiSA Possibly HMAP, GoMA, Transparent Ocean • Creation of a Marine Sciences ‘Hub’ – By end year PLoS Hubs – beyond Collections “The Marine Sciences Hub” • For Marine Science (encompassing all of CoML) • Conceptually more akin to a journal • Unlimited in size • Better browsing and searching functionality • Can contain ‘informational’ content • Will have the ability to publish editorials / commentaries • Will use an editorial board for community ownership and content decisions • Part of an ongoing development path, which will add a lot of new features going forwards Next steps for PLoS and CoML • PLoS would like you to consider us as your publication venue for all CoML output (regardless of Collections) • We are seeking discussions with the remaining CoML groups, to commit to PLoS Collections • We are working towards a Marine Sciences Hub by end of year • If you are interested in having a PLoS Collection for your group email me at: [email protected]