Commercial Scholarly publishing
In the world of open access
Derk Haank
Edinburgh
CEO Springer
11 April 2005
Science+ business media
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The combination of Commercial & Science
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New Springer = New Policies
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What ‘current’ situation
are we trying to improve?
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Much has been achieved with Electronic publishing
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Technology matured
More access
Usage exploded
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Variety of business models
(From document delivery to big deal)
Database Licensing model now dominant
Increasingly value based (differential pricing)
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Alternative business model
Author pays
(e.g. Open access)
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Author pays/open access is now possible
because of the cost structure of electronic publishing.
- High (fixed) infrastructure costs
- Low marginal distribution costs
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Springer introduced Open Choice
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New service within established branded environment
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Authors can opt to pay for unrestricted online availability
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Available for all Springer journals
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Why Open Choice?
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Authors are our partners, and the current environment may require
them to have this option
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Springer is open to new ideas and business models
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Springer is neutral to whether the subscribers or the authors pay
for the costs of publishing
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Open choice articles are treated no differently
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Must pass the usual peer review process first
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Receive all services and features normally provided
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Appear in both the print and the online editions of our journals
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Same copyright protection policy
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Green self-archiving policy
– All articles allowed to be posted on author and institutional
website’s
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Costs
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The price for Open Choice is $3,000 per accepted article
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Covers paper and electronic
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Subscription income to continue to pay for non- open choice
articles
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Journal prices to be adjusted annually for percentage of articles
paid for by authors
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Price reflects full costs for paper and electronic without subsidies
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Obstacles to open access
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Massive change in budgets
– Within institutions
– Between institutions
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Inequalities during the transition
– Paying twice
– Free Riders
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Creates new problems; not just solutions
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“Current” situation improves with more and more access
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Possible end picture?
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Open Access for some authors/ research foundations with a
specific need or interest
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For others: Combination of unlimited access through database
licenses in combination with author websites and
institutional repositories
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