Karger Open for Open Basel October 2019 Overview

Karger: Open for Open Basel, October 2019

Overview 1. Introduction 2. The Karger Approach 3. Karger: Open for Open 4. Q & A

1. Introduction

1. Introduction A Family Business • Founded by Samuel Karger in 1890 • Managed by the 4 th generation of the Karger family • Headquarters at Basel (Switzerland) • International organization: Regional offices on 5 continents and collaboration with representatives in the whole world © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 4

1. Introduction Facts and Figures • 104 journal titles (28 Open Access) • 15 new book titles per year • Publication language: English (97%) • 16’ 500 submitted manuscripts per year • 8’ 100 published articles • 170 Editors-in-Chief worldwide • 3’ 250 Editorial Board Members worldwide • approx. 12’ 800 Peer Reviewers worldwide © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 5

1. Introduction A long history… Many Karger titles have a long history, published for many decades – well-established journals of high reputation that in their area serve as a forum for the latest developments and findings of basic and clinical research: Dermatology (1893) Psychopathology (1897) Cardiology (1937) Advances in Cardiology (1939) © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 6

1. Introduction … a new beginning Connecting and advancing health sciences Libraries and publishers have always shared a core mission: to help knowledge reach the people who need it. Open Access is re-defining the roles of libraries/institutions and publishers. Our focus is shifting to filtering, generating and publishing content – content that matters. This means that the entire cycle of knowledge is coming into the picture… © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 7

2. The Karger Approach.

2. The Karger Approach. Open for Open The Future is Open. The Future is now. Karger understands Open Access as one part of the Open Science movement. We are moving towards an «open access» -based publishing landscape. However, our markets are moving and evolving at different speeds, OA is driven by different stakeholders and building a suitable infrastructure is still in the planning phase. We would like to give you a short overview of how we go about a transitioning deal for 2020… © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 9

2. The Karger Approach. The Cycle of Knowledge Karger is embracing the revolution under the credo: Knowledge that matters. Experiences that make a difference. © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 10

2. The Karger Approach. Karger P. A. C. S. We are partnering with Research Institutions/Societies/Industry in the various phases of the Research and Publishing Cycle: 1. Publish: APC, Vouchers, «institutional journals» 2. Access: traditional content sales offers, with a focus on collections and packages on the article level 3. Curate: analyzing, enriching and editing data 4. Services: Educational tools, Repositories, Analysis tools etc. © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 11

2. The Karger Approach. Publishing Services 1. «Partner Publications» : A publication in cooperation with an institution; topic (within health sciences) defined by the institution. Open Access, ideally fully financed by the partnering institution (no APCs for authors) = Platinum Open Access 2. Vouchers for OA Publishing: Upfront payment for publishing Open Access articles in Open Access or hybrid journals, in combination with Access to the Karger collections. 3. Offsetting Deal: Part of the existing sales revenue is used for publishing services (APCs) © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 12

2. The Karger Approach. Connecting and Advancing Health Sciences. Let’s go back to our purpose statement: Knowledge that matters. Experiences that make a difference. We are striving for our customers to become more than our customers – striving for them to become our partners. So… tell us what you need! © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 13

3. Karger: Open for Open

3. Karger: Open for Open Access: Current Issues Political and Image Issues • Open Access synonymous with predatory publishing • Different speeds in research & geographical areas • Gap between politics / researchers • Open Access and copyright • Fair market prices © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 15

3. Karger: Open for Open Access: Current Issues Technical Issues • Sustainable transition models • Infrastructure must develop on all sides to support fast adoption of OA (repositories, invoicing and payments, reporting, etc. ) • Double-dipping concerns • Value and services underestimated added by publishers are © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 16

3. Karger: Open for Open Access: as part of the new Karger Strategy • Karger’s new strategy sails under the slogan «Connecting and Advancing Health Sciences» . • The strategy emphasizes partnership with institutions, societies, researchers. • We want to be «close to you» , understanding your needs, connecting and ultimately contributing to progress in medical research. • Karger sees Open Science including Open Access as essential, exciting developments. © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 17

3. Karger: Open for Open Access: Flipping of Journals In 2020 we have started actively flipping of journals from subscription model to OA: Gastrointestinal Tumors Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases Kidney Diseases Lifestyle Genomics Liver Cancer © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 18

3. Karger: Open for Open Access: How Karger is helping advance the OA transition • Green OA policy (generous policy – technical support e. g. Deep Green, NIH transfers) • Improving workflows, reporting capabilities (responding to stakeholder needs) • Policies to support OA, researcher needs/funder requests, e. g. supporting sharing of preprints • Flexible transitioning models based on market/institution requirements • Answers and support at openaccess@karger. com © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 19

3. Karger: Open for Open Access: Karger Agreements • Publish & Access deals: including vouchers to publish OA articles, mostly in emerging markets e. g. Russia, Latin America, India • Platinum Open Access partnership journals with institutional or governmental partners, e. g. in the Middle East © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 20

3. Karger: Open for Open Access: Karger Offsetting Agreements • Active Deal since 2016, with the UKB in the Netherlands, currently running in the second term • For 2020 in discussions with various European Consortia, e. g. Germany, Czech Elib, JISC, JMLA/JPLA • Pilot Projects in the US market • Different Models based on market and consortia requirements; including Publish-and-Read, Read-and. Publish, Voucher-based, credit deposit based • Karger guarantees budget security and cost caps (first and second/third year) © Karger Publishers · 11/3/2020 · 21

4. Q&A Let’s talk!