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Our blogs Kam Arkinstall, Blogs Manager

Our blogs and why we have them They talk about the issues that matter to me High profile authors publish with them Showcase our authors Our voice on important issues Reach out to early career Highlight our research and questions researchers our journals They are open and honest about their work They’ve got staff with lots of relevant experience who are interested in my field They have experienced, well-known Editors Their journals publish highquality research Showcase our staff and editors

What’s new? And we’ve gone from this…. To this…. We’ve almost tripled the number of visitors Visitor numbers per quarter 160000 140000 120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 0 Q 2 2013 Q 3 2013 Q 4 2013 Q 1 2014 Q 2 2014 Q 3 2014 Q 4 2014 Q 1 2015

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Benefits of supplements Isobel Peters, Senior Projects Manager 19 May 2015

What is a supplement? • Separate issue featuring content which may not fit the main journal. For example it may be: - of specialist interest - paid for centrally by an organization, or sponsored - peer reviewed by a different process (to journal standards) • Editors retain full control – may request changes or reject articles or abstracts • Two main types: articles or meeting abstracts How do we produce them? Specialist team at Bio. Med Central provides support Aim to allow some flexibility in the process Follow up for repeat publications

Benefits to the journal • Bring additional content to the journal • Create new connections/relationships with organizing groups In 2011 Microbial Cell Factories published proceedings of the International Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria as a supplement. The journal then published the proceedings from the next symposium in 2014.

Benefits to the journal • Widen exposure to new audiences For both supplements, we produced printed copies which were distributed at the symposium.

Benefits to the journal • Present PR/social media promotion opportunities For the 2014 supplement one of the Supplement Editors wrote a blog.

Benefits to the journal • Accesses and citations Articles in supplements do count towards the journal’s impact factor. (Short conference abstracts do not. )

Benefits to the journal Other benefits: • Underline journal scope and encourage submissions in a specific area • Offer exchange marketing opportunities with conferences • Allow flexibility (non-standard article types, pricing, etc)

Thank you • We hope to see some new enquiries for supplements in your journal soon • For more information see the Editors pages • Or contact • Your Journal Development Editor or Executive Editor or • The Supplements Team: supplements@biomedcentral. com

Open Access Membership Program Bio. Med Central Editors’ Day Tuesday 19 th of May 2015, London Anne-Florence Reimund Membership Accounts Manager

Why support Open Access Membership Programs? Widespread dissemination of information Create affordable means to support Open Access publishing at an Institutional level Benefits of a Membership • Cost-effective and tailored solution • Tools to administrate their Membership and valuate their researchers’ impact in the OA world. • Customized web page for every Member • Wide range of journals and fields covered

Types of Open Access Memberships Whether an Institution wants to fully or partly support their researchers we will always have a Prepay tailored Membership Program for them Thanks to our Foundation Shared Membership, Support researchers from Developing Countries can now publish through the OA route Foundation Supporter Sponsor a new Journal with an APC-free period, an Organisation supporting researchers to publish in specific Journals? That is our Journal Membership Program Journal

Our Membership Program in numbers 9, 581 Open Access Articles were published in 2014 through our Membership Programs, almost 2000 more than in 2013! While we are speaking, 8, 974 manuscripts are in submission thanks to our Membership Programs!

Marketing your journals Alexander Backhouse Senior Marketing Executive

Content driven Author testimonials

Innovative • Infographics • Campaign testing Multi tactic • Email • Social Media • Conference activity Targeted • Cross journal • Thomson Lists

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Author Services Flash Presentation for BMC Editors Day Tim Stevenson

Springer Author Services What is an Author Service? • Any tool, service or communication that supports the author and enhances the overall author experience. • This means that we not only support authors, but also editors and reviewers during every interaction and at every stage of the publication process Objectives: • Ensure manuscript creation, submission and publication is easy, reliable, fast, innovative and transparent • Provide a home for ALL research • Ensure that the published research reaches the largest possible audience by being globally discoverable and accessible • Ensure and that the authors are aware of its impact and reach

A New Open Access Platform Key contacts: Rachel Craven and Ruth Rowland

Orcid, Fundref, and Cross. Mark

Tracking Impact: Citation Alerts

Tracking Impact: Alternative Metrics

Semantic Enrichment: Going beyond the full text

Author Services – future projects • Journal selection tool • Review recommendation tool • Peer Reviewer reward scheme • Expansion of language services • OA Funding Database

Further information

Editor Academy Jo Appleford-Cook, Research Integrity Group

Homepage and courses offered 4 courses offered: • Dos and Don’ts of Peer Review • How to Make a Decision • Post-publication Issues • Publication and Research Ethics and Misconduct

Future Directions • Further courses to be added e. g. The Editor’s Role (currently under development) • Modification and improvement based on feedback from our Editors • Link to Editor Academy from Editor Homepage • Development of similar courses for Reviewers to create a Reviewer Academy • ……what else would YOU like to see?

Editorial Manager – help videos on You. Tube for Editors 1 How to View and Annotate a New Submission 2 How to Accept or Decline to Act as Editor 3 How to Invite Reviewers 4 How to Make a Decision 5 How to Handle Re-review 6 How to View and Add Flags 7 How to View a Manuscript History 8 How to Send an Ad Hoc Email 9 How to have an Overview of your Manuscripts 10 SECTION EDITOR How to Invite an Editor 11 SECTION EDITOR Viewing Manuscripts with AEs in your Section 12 SECTION EDITOR How to Initiate a Discussion