The ULS Open Access Author Fee FundULS Scholarly Communications Lunch and Learn #11

Office of Scholarly Communication and PublishingUniversity Library System

University of Pittsburgh

May 15, 2014

ULS Open Access Author Fee Fund

What is it?

Why are we doing it?

Who else is doing this?

How does it work?– Who is eligible?– What publications are eligible?– How do authors apply?

How is the program going?

What is the OA Author Fee Fund?

A program that pays publishing fees on behalf of authors at Pitt who wish to publish in Open Access journals

Open to faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, staff & post-doc researchers

BUT:

Only eligible authors are awarded funding

Only eligible journals are covered

Why do authors need funding for OA publishing?

Open Access journals cannot rely on subscription revenues

Many OA journals are funded through article processing charges (APCs)

APCs are more common in STEM journals

The burden is on the author to find funding (personal funds, grant funds, institutional funding)

Why have we become involved?

Incentivize authors to publish in OA journals

Encourage good choices for OA publishing– Use standards to screen for quality– Support fair business models for OA (no hybrid OA)

Support the efforts of OA publishers

Experiment with a sustainable cost model for OA

Collaborate with other academic libraries to help transform the publishing landscape

Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE)

a group of universities pledged to support the funding of their authors in Open Access publications

21 universities (Pitt was the 18th)

Members must:– Commit to the compact (at Provost level)– Establish formal funding mechanism– Develop and publicize policies and procedures

some policies vary by institution

The Compact

“… each of the undersigned universities commits to the timely establishment of durable mechanisms for underwriting reasonable publication charges for articles written by its faculty and published in fee-based open-access journals and for which other institutions would not be expected to provide funds.”

COPE Members Cornell University

Dartmouth College

Harvard University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

University of California at Berkeley

University of Ottawa

Columbia University

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

University of Michigan

Universitat de Barcelona

Duke University

University of Calgary

Simon Fraser University

European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

University of Utah

University of Pittsburgh

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Texas A&M University

Emory University

University of Rhode Island

Pitt Author Eligibility Criteria

Faculty, staff, postdoctoral associates, and students

Excludes the six schools of the Health Sciences– Dental Medicine– Health and Rehabilitation Sciences– Medicine– Nursing– Pharmacy– Public Health

Health Sciences author are eligible for journals published by Hindawi

Journal Eligibility Criteria

Gold Open Access journals only– No hybrid Open Access– No ‘delayed’ Open Access

Be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (unless the journal is too new for DOAJ eligibility)

Be a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association or adhere to its Code of Conduct

Have publicly available a standard article fee schedule

OASPA Code of Conduct: a proxy for OA journal quality

No practices or activities that could bring the Association or open access publishing into disrepute;

Maintain rigorous peer review process for published content

Editorial boards with recognized experts

Misconduct may be reported to the Board of Directors resulting in review and expulsion

OASPA Code of Conduct (continued)

Clearly visible on publisher’s Web site:– Company contact information– Peer review process & policies– Author fees and policies (if any)– Author copyright/licensing policies– Author submission instructions– High standards of presentation

Other policies

No limit to funding per author

Any Pitt co-author can receive full funding

Institutional memberships– Hindawi (only case where HS authors are covered)– BMC

Awards now given even if grant funding available

No reimbursements - library pays publisher up front

How to Apply

Status of the program

Low rate of adoption

Theoretical cap on fund: $50K

Total awards over two years: ~ $20K (non-Hindawi)

Hindawi membership provides around 20% savings

Most inquiries are from Health Science researchers

We need your help to get the word out!

ULS Author Fee Fund recipients - Swanson School of EngineeringNon HSLS Applications funded between July 1, 2012 - December 2, 2013

Eligible Author Department Publisher Publication NameChien-Wen Chen Bioengineering Hindawi Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

William C. W. Chen Bioengineering Hindawi Stem Cells International

Kyle Bibby Civil and Environmental Engineering BioMed Central Microbial ecology

Piervincenzo Rizzo Civil and Environmental Engineering Hindawi Advances in Civil Engineering

Tyler W. Davis Civil and Environmental Engineering Hindawi International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

Vikas Khanna Civil and Environmental Engineering BioMed Central Biotechnology for Biofuels

Ervin Sejdic Electrical and Computer Engineering PLoS PLoS ONE

Ervin Sejdic Electrical and Computer Engineering PLoS PLoS ONE

Ervin Sejdic Electrical and Computer Engineering BioMed Central Biomedical Engineering Online

Kevin Chen Electrical and Computer Engineering Hindawi Journal of Sensors

Gabriel L. Zenarosa Industrial Engineering Hindawi Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

Jung-Kim Lee Mechanical Eng. & Materials Science Hindawi Journal of Nanomaterials

Jung-Kim Lee Mechanical Eng. & Materials Science Hindawi Journal of Nanomaterials

Rocky S. Tuan Mechanical Eng. & Materials Science BioMedCentral Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Rocky S. Tuan Mechanical Eng. & Materials Science BioMed Central Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Robert S. Parker Chem/Petroleum Engineering BioMed Central Critical Care

ULS Author Fee Fund recipients - other non-HS SchoolsNon HSLS Applications funded between July 1, 2012 - December 2, 2013

Eligible Author School Department Publisher Publication NameMark P. Mooney Arts and Sciences Anthropology Hindawi International Journal of Genomics Jill A. Dembowski Arts and Sciences Biological Sciences Hindawi Journal of Nucleic Acids Zhiyun Cao Arts and Sciences Chemistry Hindawi International Journal of Proteomics R. Ingram Arts and Sciences Mathematics Hindawi Advances in Numerical Analysis William C. Troy Arts and Sciences Mathematics Hindawi International Journal of Differential Equations Y. Pan Arts and Sciences Mathematics Hindawi Journal of Function Spaces and Applications Tao Han Arts and Sciences Physics & Astronomy Hindawi Advances in High Energy Physics J. Richard Jennings Arts and Sciences Psychology Hindawi International Journal of Hypertension Katherin A. Belendiuk Arts and Sciences Psychology Hindawi Journal of Obesity Kirk I. Erickson Arts and Sciences Psychology Hindawi Journal of Aging Research Kirk I. Erickson Arts and Sciences Psychology Hindawi Journal of Aging Research Kristine A. Wilckens Arts and Sciences Psychology Hindawi Neural Plasticity Regina L. Leckie Arts and Sciences Psychology Hindawi Journal of Aging Research John M. Jakicic Education Health & Phys. Activity Hindawi Journal of Obesity Kevin H. Kim Education Psych. & Education Hindawi AIDS Research and Treatment Joseph Kabara Information Sciences Hindawi International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Daniel Rosen Social Work Hindawi ISRN Addiction Shaun M. Eack Social Work Hindawi Rehabilitation Research and Practice Louis Alfieri LRDC Hindawi Child Development Research

How can we improve the program?

What could we do to increase awareness of this program in your departments or areas?

Are there any avenues for publicity that you know of that we could take advantage of?

Can you help us identify eligible journals in your area?