Bryan Vickery Director Cogent OA COASP September 2015 About Cogent OA Launched at 2013 COASP meeting in Riga Putting authors at the heart of everything we do Passionate about bringing OA to all disciplines ID: 241693
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Pay-what-you-want APC modelBryan VickeryDirector, Cogent OACOASP, September 2015Slide2
About Cogent OALaunched at 2013 COASP meeting in RigaPutting authors at the heart of everything we doPassionate about bringing OA to all disciplines Determined to be professional and cost effectivePart of Taylor & Francis GroupSlide3
Cogent Series launches: 2014
Cogent OA portalSlide4
Cogent Series launches 2014 (cont.)Slide5Slide6Slide7
Launching (OA) journalsDigital publishing does carry costs, and APCs pay for:Rigorous and constructive peer review of all manuscripts submitted to Cogent OAThe provision and maintenance of state-of-the-art digital systems to enable:Manuscript submissionPeer reviewEditorial assessment and decision making, including CrossCheck plagiarism screeningProduction of the article in multiple formatsDelivery of the article on a searchable, reader-friendly platformArticle-level performance metricsIndexing in major databases, including CrossRef, to facilitate forward citation linkingArchiving to ensure future availability of all contentFriendly and professional staff to support our authors, editors and reviewersReduced fees for reviewers to recognise their invaluable contribution to the peer review processGlobal marketing and promotion of articlesSlide8
Affordability of APCs Do we know who can afford to pay APCs?Which regions?Which disciplines?At what career stage?What amount? What value do they put on our publishing services?Do APCs still put authors off moving to OA?Is that holding us all back? Are we stifling greater openness?What have we really been doing to encourage authors to discuss funds with their institution or funder?Slide9
Getting the $ balance right“X Publisher’s article-processing charges (APC) lie between £418/$665/€500 and £1256/$1996/€1500. They vary from journal to journal”“Y Publisher’s fees range from $800 - $4500 with discounted ‘transfer’ pricing”Many journals launch with all APCs waived, to build reputation and copy-flow, the increase APCs in a step-wise fashion over 2-3 yearsExample pricing for a single OA title over time Waivers are available using different, confusing, rules and criteria per publisherCase-by-case basis requiring staff to assess and grant/denySlide10
The Cogent SeriesSlide11Slide12
Freedom APCsGives authors the opportunity to choose the price of their own article publishing charge – pay what you can/want
Makes academic
publishing affordable for everyone, with or without
funding
Authors should ask their departments, institutes and funders about available funds
Recommended APC is $1250/£
781/€977Slide13
Freedom APCLaunched mid-March 2015Authors see a range of price options, on submissionMember$1500$1250*$1000$800$600‘other’After choosing ‘other’ authors can then state the price they are able to payWe ask for authors to give us a reason for selecting that amountSlide14
Findings so far … it’s still early days, 6 months inSubmissions initially decreased by 75%!They have since recovered55% of authors are opting to pay, somethingSome authors are paying more than the recommended APCWe are seeing authors engaging with their institutions and funders28 authors stated they were at a Member institution, but were not1 author changed pledge after publicationSlide15
ecancermedicalscience“We are not charging a blanket author fee, rather we are asking authors, on publication of their article, to transfer the open access publication fee which is part of their funding to us in return for providing a professional publishing service. We will still publish articles from authors for free who do not have access to this funding, as long as they pass the peer review process.”Slide16
The Surgery Journal“This journal implements a "Pay What You Want" model for article publication fees. This means that once your manuscript has been accepted for publication and it comes to paying the processing fee, you decide how much to pay. We are giving you the choice to pay any price you feel appropriate”Slide17
ResearchWe’re not the only publisher trialling this, but we are the only one experimenting across disciplines Cogent OA will publish results of the Freedom APC trial in April 2015Slide18
Thank youand please contact me at: bryan.vickery@CogentOA.com