The Scholarly Communications Ecosystem Cara Bradley Research Scholarship
The Scholarly Communications Ecosystem Cara Bradley Research & Scholarship Librarian University of Regina
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“The Publication Cycle” by the University of Winnipeg Library
Scholar Researcher ly (reader) identity Copyright Author rights Resear ch impact Research data Publication types Idea generation Funde rs Peer reviewer Editor Institutional repository Research data Dataverse Modified version of “The Publication Cycle” by the University of Winnipeg Library Researcher (creator) Public (tax payer) Librari Open access Subscriptio For-profit publisher APC s OA publisher Association publisher Predatory journals Journal metrics
Scholar Researcher ly (reader) identity Copyright Author rights Resear ch impact Research data Publication types Idea generation Funde rs Peer reviewer Editor Institutional repository Research data Dataverse Modified version of “The Publication Cycle” by the University of Winnipeg Library Researcher (creator) Institutio n Public (tax payer) Librari Open access Subscriptio For-profit publisher APC s OA publisher Association publisher Predatory journals Journal metrics
Researcher funders
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What types of content could a researcher produce? Monographs White papers Blogs Conference papers Image from Flickr user Fut. Ud. Beidl Research reports Journal articles Book chapters Data sets Policy documents Newspaper articles
Scholar Researcher ly (reader) identity Copyright Author rights Resear ch impact Research data Publication types Idea generation Funde rs Peer reviewer Editor Institutional repository Research data Dataverse Modified version of “The Publication Cycle” by the University of Winnipeg Library Researcher (creator) Public (tax payer) Librari Open access Subscriptio For-profit publisher APC s OA publisher Association publisher Predatory journals Journal metrics
The Conversation: What is Peer Review?
Scholar Researcher ly (reader) identity Copyright Author rights Resear ch impact Research data Publication types Idea generation Funde rs Peer reviewer Editor Institutional repository Research data Dataverse Modified version of “The Publication Cycle” by the University of Winnipeg Library Researcher (creator) Public (tax payer) Librari Open access Subscriptio For-profit publisher APC s OA publisher Association publisher Predatory journals Journal metrics
Choosing a Journal • • • Audience Focus and scope Editorial board/reviewers Previously published authors Acceptance policies/practices Quality of articles Publication history Findability/access Publisher type (commercial, scholarly, OA) Publication costs (APCs) Journal metrics Flickr: Kyle Pearce
Journal metrics • More important in some fields that others • Most reliable source: Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
Publisher types--commercial • Industry consolidation—the big 5 • Journal prices escalating, especially in Scientific, Technical, and Medical (STM) fields (“serials crisis”) • “Big deal” electronic journal packages • Licensing restrictions on access, non-disclosure agreements • Limited sales/fewer opportunities for monograph publishing/purchasing • Business interests vs. Academic information needs
CRKN: The Scholarly Publishing Challenge
Source: ARL Statistics 201011. Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC 17
Article Processing Charges (APCs) • Researcher pays APC to cover publication costs • Access is free to readers • Found in OA, hybrid journals • Must be executed so as not to jeopardize peer review/integrity • Wide range--$1000 -$4500 (USD)
Publisher types—scholarly, association • Various models: • American Chemical Society (ACS) • Partner with for-profit publisher • Going it alone • University Press
Publisher type—open access “By 'open access' to the literature, we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. “ The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
Imagine that. . . Flicker: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Imagine that. . . Flickr: Government of PEI
Imagine that. . . Flicker: sick alex
Advantages • Great cost certainty re: access • Allows use and sharing with obstacle of copyright • Equal access both inside and outside the academy • Access for those in the developing world • Increased access means increased impact
Challenges • Author fees • Discoverability • Quality control • Predatory journals (more on this later!)
Routes to OA Openscience. com
A predatory publisher is an opportunistic publishing venue that exploits the academic need to publish but offers little reward for those using their services. http: //pngimg. com/download/29749
Why is this a problem? • Trust in validity of peer review and publication standards undermined. • Increase in poor/derivative publications = harder to keep abreast of the literature • Articles published in predatory journals that are of value may be dismissed • Promotion/tenure decisions are based on scholarly publication record http: //pngimg. com/download/29749
Think, Check, Submit • https: //thinkchecksubmit. org/
Scholar Researcher ly (reader) identity Copyright Author rights Resear ch impact Research data Publication types Idea generation Funde rs Peer reviewer Editor Institutional repository Research data Dataverse Modified version of “The Publication Cycle” by the University of Winnipeg Library Researcher (creator) Public (tax payer) Librari Open access Subscriptio For-profit publisher APC s OA publisher Association publisher Predatory journals Journal metrics
From Jisc
Scholar Researcher ly (reader) identity Copyright Author rights Resear ch impact Research data Publication types Idea generation Funde rs Peer reviewer Editor Institutional repository Research data Dataverse Modified version of “The Publication Cycle” by the University of Winnipeg Library Researcher (creator) Public (tax payer) Librari Open access Subscriptio For-profit publisher APC s OA publisher Association publisher Predatory journals Journal metrics
Scholar Researcher ly (reader) identity Copyright Author rights Resear ch impact Research data Publication types Idea generation Funde rs Peer reviewer Editor Institutional repository Research data Dataverse Modified version of “The Publication Cycle” by the University of Winnipeg Library Researcher (creator) Public (tax payer) Librari Open access Subscriptio For-profit publisher APC s OA publisher Association publisher Predatory journals Journal metrics
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