Japanese Science Publishing Mikiko Tanifuji Institute of Pure
Japanese Science Publishing Mikiko Tanifuji Institute of Pure and Applied Physics (IPAP) Fiesole Conference, Melbourne, April 29, 2005 1
Outline n Society journals in Japan l Journals published by IPAP l Journals published by Japanese Publishers l Journals published by non-Japanese Publishers l Journals published on J-Stage l Journals collection by Uni. Bio Press n Navigator to society l Ge. Nii by NII l IR by Libraries journals 2
Background 1 - Researchers environment n The Science and Technology Basic Plan Council for Science and Technology Policy 1997 - 2005 past 8 yrs, 400 $billion 2006 -2011 The 3 rd plan stated “from basic research to application”, “strengthen dissemination system of information to international community” (http: //www. mext. go. jp/a_menu/kagaku/kihon/point. htm) n Evaluation of research achievement for employment 3
Researchers need to publish more articles | Increasing production of articles in Japan | Need journals as an evaluation (review) system, fair, fast | Need more journals? Societies as a community of/for researchers respond to needs | Encourage members to submit articles to societies’ journals (but? ) | Try to improve journals review system (but? ) | Can/Do societies respond to more users’ need? Need circulation 4
Phys. Sci. & Eng. & Technol. 526, 000 (2002) Total 68% http: //www. mext. go. jp/English/index. htm 5
Published papers in Science & Technology Selected Countries' Shares of Published Papers [%] Source : ISI “National Science Indicators, 1981 -2002” http: //www. mext. go. jp/english/index. htm 6
Background 2 – Publishing community Society Publishers 1990 – awareness of internet communication 1995 – trial HTML, free for all Commercial Publishers 1990 – awareness of internet business, free for all? 1995 – web-based search 1997 – trial PDF, free for service, database, free HTML all 1997 – e-journal licensing 2000 – awareness of model necessity of e-journals 2000 – consortia, archiving, respond portal to speed of 2005 Has/Can – pricing ofsocieties e 7 journals, growth e-only? of publishing community?
Society Journals in Japan n 1624 societies, 2019 titles l n In English 341 (S&T 155, Med 109, Agr 37), in Japanese 1678 Publishing style l l l Societies publish on their own Societies organize self-publishing institute “IPAP” Societies journals hosted by government sponsored platform “J-Stage” Societies out-sourcing to professional publishers Societies-collection “Uni. Bio Press” 8
IPAP n n n Institute of Pure and Applied Physics (http: //www. ipap. jp) Established 1961 Non-profit organization “the only” independent-publishing organization Societies membership The Physical Society of Japan, The Japan Society of Applied Physics, Progress of Theoretical Physics, The Optical Society of Japan journals published n Scientific Online publishing in Japan are 63 titles 8, 272 articles published (by NII)books 4 journals, conference proceeding, IPAP publishes 4 titles, 3, 200 articles/yr → 39% in physics and technology 9
Online first Full archive Will full archive Av. 20 days Publishing days Full subscription Pay-Per-View Monthly Physical Society of Japan since 1946, publish 3, 100 pg/yr Weekly Japan Society of Applied Physics since 1962, publish 10, 000 pg/yr Free Publication Office, Progress of Theoretical Physics since 1946, publish 4, 000 pg/yr Full archive on Springer web Optical Society of Japan since 1994, publish 600 pg/yr 10
Mission of IPAP n Responsibilities Societies: editing, author copyright IPAP: production, p- & e- publishing, sales, promotion n E-publishing platform “IPAP Online Journals” Current: 3 titles, from e-submission to e-first publishing, full archive, Cross. Ref linking Plan: Google Search, RSS…. n Site Licensing 11
Publishing Revenue n Publication charge (a) l$110/article n Subscription (b) l. Institutions -$1600/year/10, 000 pages l. Individuals l. Trial users -trial users, free 3 months l. Pay per view -$16/article n c a b Government support (c) 12
Online Journal Usage (yearly trend) free charge 13
J-STAGE Japan Science and Technology Information AGgregator, Electronic n n n Common platform of electronic journals for academic societies in Japan, operated by JST Since October 1999 About 270 academic societies About 180 journals and 80 proceedings are currently published More than 115 thousand articles are loaded About 250 thousand PDF are downloaded per month 14
J-STAGE top page Journals top page 15
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Increasing Audience 2005? 17
Outcome 2: Rapid Publication 18
Societies out-sourcing to professional publishers in Japan n E-library by Terapub l free l pdf http: //www. terrapub. co. jp/e-library/ 19
Societies out-sourcing to professional publishers outside Japan n 100 / 341 journals commercial / non-commercial publisher Blackwell Publishing Oxford, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Elsevier Science, Springer Verlag, Karger, VSP Oxford University Press n Roles l l Society – editing control a quality of journals Publisher – copyrights (in full/shared), production, p- & e-publishing, distribution, marketing control dissemination by collect journals 20
Uni. Bio Press n n n Uni. Bio Press (cf. Bio. One) April 2004 - 3 titles ~ 20 titles in 200 x J. Mammalian Ova Research Mammal Study Zoological Science Negotiating mutually acceptable pricing with the librarian community through SPARC/Japan Expecting an increasing of circulation Zoo. Sci. $175/yr (+12% from 2000 to 2001, +0% since) 21
Mission of Uni. Bio Press n Policy l Bio. One l Small societies gathered & support own platform n Responsibilities l Collection of journals in Biology l Licensing n Supporter l NII supports this project in corporation of SPARC/Japan 22
Navigator to society journals Corporation of government + libraries for academic communities Global Environment for Networked Intellectual Information Web portal of scholarly contents by National Institute of Informatics (NII) 23
IR/ELS → Ge. Nii (※ Ge. Nii : Global Environment for Networked Intellectual Information) Article information 1 April 2005~ partially pay service Journal Papers Book and journal information Indexes and Abstracts (without text) free http: //ge. nii. ac. jp/ Journal papers (full text) Books and Journal titles Research achievements information free Specialty academic information free 24
Navigator to society journals Corporation of government + libraries for academic communities Global Environment for Networked Intellectual Information Web portal of scholarly contents by National Institute of Informatics (NII) Institutional Repository Web-based database of scholarly content which is institutionally defined by Chiba University Library, other univ. and National Institute of Informatics (NII) 25
Summary – what’s happening in Japan? n Society journals are active, but passive l l n Publishing aggregators are not competitive, not enough l l n n try to collect high quality articles from members accelerating digitizing of journal archive try to shift from print-based to a site-based licensing try to maintain cost balance, save and development R&D knowledge, technology, cost performance …etc. J-Stage, IPAP Ge. Nii as a national-made navigator to scholarly contents IR as a portal service for institutions by 26
Summary – so, what is the problem ? n Society journals are positive but pessimistic l l l …if we could collect high quality articles from our society members, and then our journal should get better circulation, and then the journal brand will get higher …but, most of our members, especially younger generation focus on brand-journals …however, we still need to continue, or, we may need to install new journal to appeal and get their attention, so that members will support our society journals, …we must improve e-journal function, maybe invest more money for R&D, or human resource, to correspond to their needs. . so that our journals will become competitive 27
Is the geography of journal publishing therefore shifting? -yes, we are. E-mail: tanifuji@ipap. jp For further contact from May 1, 2005: National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) http: //www. nims. go. jp 28
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