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Dr. Paul RoosEditorial Director
Publishing Scientific ResearchSlide2
Thank you for inviting us!
Dr. Paul Roos
Asdaa Kotani
Editorial Director Sales Director
Publishers perspective
For questions and publication proposals:Paul.Roos@Springer.com Slide3
Why this presentation:To help you get your work published
On Average 30% journal articles are rejected even before reviewingMost journals reject 60-70 percent of papers submittedNote: Springer has a global portfolio, science, technology, medicine, humanities and social sciences! This presentation is not directed towards one discipline
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Day 1Academic Publishing STM Proceedings, journals articles, booksImpact and Metrics
Open access versus subscription basedBooks
Day 2
How to select a journal
Structure
of an article
Submit an articleReview processEthicsSlide5
Who we are - Key facts about Springer A leading global scientific, technical and medical (STM) publisherSome 2,200 English-language journals and more than 5,000 new book titles published in 2012
Some 90,000 English-language eBook titles available on http://link.springer.com (August 2013)Largest open access portfolio worldwide - BioMed
Central is part of Springer - with over 350 open access journals
More than 7,000 employees worldwide
Publishing partnerships with more than 500 scientific societies
Growing presence in emerging marketsSlide6
Springer Science+Business Media locationsSlide7
2013: Digitize
everything
“Digitize all journals going forward!”
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“Digitize most books going forward!”
2006
2009“Digitize all books going forward and a lot of books going backward!”“Digitize all journals going backward!”2004Journals1842Springer-Verlag founded146,000 articles/yr5,000 books/yrBooks18701880189019001910
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Springer developmentsSlide8
Academic marketSlide9
Some numbers on the scientific publishing market …
Journals:25,000
English-language journals
2,000+
journals publishers
1.5 million
journal articles per year1.8 million different authors per yearBooks:50,000 new English-language academic/scholarly books per year1,000+ academic/scholarly book publishersSlide10
Leading journals publishers by number
of titles
(Academic/scholarly English
language journals published in
2012)
2,191
2,0561,7341,517626304275253Slide11Slide12Slide13
Citable DocumentsSlide14
The status of scholarly publications todayTrends in STM publishing: publication rates
Based on data published in
Jinha
, A. E. (2010). “Article 50 million: An estimate of the number of scholarly articles in existence.” Learned Publishing 23 (3): 258–263.Slide15
Evolution in STM: A few assumptions about the futureSlide16
Conclusion of module 1:The STM market is growing fastly in terms of article output
Number of established journals remains relatively constantSlide17
Impact in academic publishingSlide18
Rankings in academic publishing
Impact Factor
The
h
-index
Article Level Metrics
Google Scholar citations databasesMicrosoft Academic SearchSlide19
What Is the Impact Factor?
One measure of journal quality
Used by:
Librarians
Universities
Research funders
AuthorsInvented by Eugene Garfield in 1960 (registered and patented); IF launched in 1975Slide20
Thomson Reuters Journal Selection Process
Impact Factor – some facts:
2000 journals
submitted annually for evaluation and inclusion;
of which
only 10% accepted
7,621 journals indexed which publish 814,967 articles that receive 20,834,641 cites 300 journals (4%) receive 10,681,596 citations (51%) 3,000 journals receive (40%) 19,287,265 citations (92%)A small number of journals publish the bulk of significant scientific resultsSlide21
Impact Factor
Measure of the average number of citations articles in a particular journal receive in a particular year
Formula for the 2012 Impact Factor:
Number of citations in 2012 to articles published in 2010 + 2011
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Total citable articles published in 2010 + 2011
Example:120 citations in 2012 (to articles published 2010 or 2011) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ = 1.580 articles published in 2010 and 2011Slide22
Impact Factor – Points to considerThere is much debate over the Impact Factor (IF) in the scientific community, particularly with regard to the fairness of the system
Compare the IF only with journals within the same discipline because the average IF is very different among different disciplines (see chart)E.g. In mathematics researchers will often cite older work but only citations in the two years after publication count toward the IFSlide23
Skewed Distribution in Bibliometrics80/20 rule = 20% of papers get 80% of cites
50% of papers are never citedSlide24
The h-indexThe
h-index is intended to measure simultaneously the quality and quantity of scientific output.
A scholar with an index of
h
has published
h papers each of which has been cited in other papers at least h times
Evaluation of impact of the work of individual researcher, the h-index grows over time, depends on the academic age of the researcher The index can also be applied to the productivity and impact of a group of scientists, such as a department or university or country, as well as a scholarly journalA journal with an index of h has the largest number of h such that at least h articles in that publication were cited at least h times each.The h-index serves as an alternative to more traditional journal impact factor metrics in the evaluation of the impact of the work of a particular researcherSlide25
Article 1 has 20 citationsArticle 2 has 13 citationsArticle 3 has 7 citationsArticle 4 has 5 citations
Article 5 has 3 citationsArticle 6 has 3 citationsArticle 7 has 1 citationThere are 4 articles that have at least 4 citations, so h=4
It indicates also seniority; as you get older h factor will increase.Slide26
Article Level MetricsArticle-Level Metrics (ALMs, altmetrics, alternative metrics) are not just about citations and usage; the concept refers to a whole range of measures which might provide insight into ‘impact’ or ‘reach’Slide27
Article Level Metrics (cont.)Visit http://article-level-metrics.plos.org for more information
Here you can find real time listing of:UsageCitationsMention in social networks
Post publication reviewSlide28
Google Scholar citations databasesVisit http://scholar.google.com/scholar/citations.html for more information
Google Author citations are available since 2011Authors should set up their profile at http://scholar.google.com
and claim their articles
Provides citation information for authors and calculates the
h
-indexMost author analyses limited to authors with profilesGoogle Scholar Journal citation database with rankings available since May 2012
Journal rankingNo quality selection, only need 100 articles in previous five yearsh5-index for journalsSlide29
Microsoft Academic SearchAuthor citation database available since 2010Author profiles
Author citationsAuthor h-indexMore author profiles than in GoogleAnalyses done on all authors, not just authors with profiles
Interesting graphic analysis capabilities: key relationships between and among subjects, content, and authorsSlide30
Microsoft Academic Search - HomepageSlide31
Conclusion Module 2:Not only number of submissions is growing (module 1) but every journal is also trying to increase its IF.So your article will be judged on that basis: can it further grow the journal IF.Slide32
Open Access publishingSlide33
Open Access
What Open Access is
How Open Access came about
The traditional subscription journal
The Open Access journal
Points to consider
The success story of Open AccessOpen Access at Springer / BioMed CentralSlide34
Number
of Open Access Journals
Increasing
RapidlySlide35
The success story of Open AccessDirectory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) at
www.doaj.org is maintained by Lund University in Sweden and now contains nearly
10,000 journalsSlide36
What Open Access isThe differences between traditional publishing (in subscription journals) and Open Access are in costs and in copyright
Costs
Traditional: Publishing is free to the author / reader pays
Open Access: Article is free to the reader/ author pays to publish
Copyright
Traditional: Copyright is generally with the publisher
Open Access: Copyright remains with the authorThere are various types of Open Access publishing models (hybrid etc.) and different publishers have different policies – Check with the publisher!Slide37
The traditional subscription journalInstitutional paper subscriptions are a thing of the past, these days there are large online deals (The Big Deal approach) for governments, consortia and institutions
In principle there are publication charges for the author – there may be exceptions for society owned journals or in case of excessive need of color imagesIn general the copyright of the final article is with the publisher or societyOption to publish Open Access in a traditional journal is called Open ChoiceSlide38
The Open Access journalThere is an Article Processing Charge (APC) to publish an articleThe APC may vary from EUR 500-1500 (for Springer)
There are membership arrangements - for BioMed Central (part of Springer) and SpringerOpen – made with universities, check with your libraryThere is an automatic waivers for low-income economies
Many credible OA publications, with proper peer review
Beware of less reputable OA publishers
Beware on the license you sign off on (CC-BY / CC-BY-NC)Slide39
Open access to research output is becoming mandatoryOpen access mandates
Source: http://roarmap.eprints.org/ Slide40
Example of funders supporting OA (including hybrid)Slide41
Points to considerSpringer Open Access journal published under Creative Commons Attribution License, read more at
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ You are free to share, remix and make commercial use of the work
You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author/licensor
Open Access at Springer is
e-only
with
continuous publication (continuous article numbering, articles can be browsed per month and per year)Open Access journals have a rigorous peer review system, just like subscription journalsSlide42
Gold versus GreenGold: Publishers version of your article is available upon publication Green: author self archives a version of the article in a repository after embargo period.
Fully Open Access versus Hybrid
Fully Open: all articles in the journal are published Gold Open access (waivers may apply)
Hybrid: Authors choose per article on open accessSlide43
SpringerOpen journals in subject fields (April 2012)Slide44
BioMed Central journals with impact factorsSlide45
BIG WARNING:Check with your funder if you need or wish to publish open a
ccess, or in a Hybrid Journal .Open Access/ Open Choice can bring more visibility
Many journals listed in the DOAJ mix commercial interest with peer review
Many fully open access journals do not have an Impact Factor (yet)
Conclusion Module 3: Slide46
Publishing booksSlide47
10 types of book formats
MonographsTextbookEdited Volume
Proceedings
Professional Texts
MRW – Major Reference Works
Handbooks (Springer Reference)SpringerBriefsSpringerThesesPopular ScienceSlide48
Types of books unique to Springer
SpringerBriefs www.springer.com/briefs
Providing a format for publishing research, longer than an article, shorter than a book
Between 50 and 125 pages
Organized in focused subject series
SpringerReference www.springerreference.com Dynamic platform with updates, much like Wikipedia (but peer reviewed)Final Reference Work on SpringerLink and available in printSlide49
The importance of eBooks in scientific publishingReach printed version vs the online version
Advantages for:
Paper subscription model
Online database model
Libraries
More content/service
Higher usage
Better tracking
Preservation
Researchers
Easier to search
Easier to cite
24/7 access
Remote access
Authors
Online first
Wider distribution
Global readership
More citations
Publishers
Lower distribution costs
Better marketing efficiency
New marketsSlide50
Leading book publishers by number
of new titles
(Data
from
www.puballey.com
and publisher websites;
if a book is published simultaneously in hard- and paperback editions, only the hardback edition was included)4,7343,9592,2721,3081,4571,0771,578725239Slide51
Publishing your book with Springer (cont.)
When you submit a book (proposal)
Submit proposal to Publishing Editor
Book proposal review
Submit manuscript
Print proofs:
minor changes and correctionsEditing, typesetting and formattingBook published!Invite authors, prepare manuscriptSlide52
I have an idea for a book…What type of book shall I write?How do I get started?
Proposal:TitleAuthors/EditorsSummary
Table of Contents
Contact Paul
Roos
Conclusion Module Books
:Slide53
Questions?
Sunday Feb 2:
Article writing, selection a journal,
submission, review