Open Access What is it and How does

“Open Access: What is it, and How does it Work? ” Vincenzo Berghella, MD, FACOG Editor American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Thomas Jefferson University Vincenzo Berghella, AJOG, 2016.

What is Open Access? • Unrestricted online access to research • Primarily intended for peer-reviewed academic journals – Also for a growing number of theses, book chapters, and monographs Vincenzo Berghella, AJOG, 2016.

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Elsevier has Open Access only Journals

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Open Access is growing exponentially

Open Access is growing exponentially

Self-archiving The Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) indexes the creation, location and growth of open access institutional repositories and their contents. As of May 2014, over 3, 000 institutional and cross-institutional repositories have been registered in ROAR.

AJOG and Open Access • AJOG is not an Open Access journal (exclusively) • AJOG is a ‘hybrid’ • AJOG does offer open access to any of our authors for a fee ($3, 000) • AJOG authors who paid for Open Access – 2014: 7 – 2015 (so far): 5 • However, many of our featured articles are automatically freely available for promotional purposes Vincenzo Berghella, AJOG, 2016.

AJOG Free Access Items • • • Table of contents Editorial board Society information Information for readers Editorials Online only articles Editor's choice article(s) Letters to the editor Corrections (Erratums) Items that are requested to be free access for AJM Newsletter Vincenzo Berghella, AJOG, 2016.

AJOG Free Access Items (cont’d) • Any articles with a press release • Any articles mentioned on the homepage teaser (featured articles) • SMFM Clinical Opinions/Guideline papers • Any SMFM supplement issue • ABOG (MOC Part II) articles for 18 months • Report of Major Impact Vincenzo Berghella, AJOG, 2016.

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