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The SOAP Symposium – III Open Access Publishing Today:
What scientists do and why
SOAP Symposium, January 13th, 2011, Berlin
Suenje Dallmeier-Tiessen, Robert Darby, Bettina Goerner, Jenni Hyppoelae,
Peter Igo-Kemenes, Deborah Kahn, Simon Lambert, Anja Lengenfelder, Chris Leonard, Salvatore Mele, Malgorzata Nowicka, Panayiota Polydoratou,
David Ross, Sergio Ruiz-Perez, Ralf Schimmer, Mark Swaisland and Wim van der Stelt
BMC, CERN, MPDL, SAGE, Springer and STFC
Presented by Salvatore MELE, CERN
Salvatore MELE | CERN 2 SOAP Symposium
Outline
Why do scholars publish OA? What about fees?
How much do scholars pay to publish OA ? How do they pay ? How much are they ready to pay ?
Why don’t scholars publish OA? What should be changed?
Salvatore MELE | CERN 3 SOAP Symposium
Outline
Why do scholars publish OA? What about fees?
How much do scholars pay to publish OA ? How do they pay ? How much are they ready to pay ?
Why don’t scholars publish OA? What should be changed?
Salvatore MELE | CERN 4 SOAP Symposium
Remember…
About 10% of scholarly articles are published in Open Access journals…
(n = 2’594 – 2’664)
Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 5
Irrelevant Less important
Important Extremely important
Why did you publish OA? A follow-up survey
Why did you publish OA? Scientists who paid fees to publish OA
Irrelevant Less important
Important Extremely important
(n = 1,143 – 1,159)
Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 6
Why did you publish OA? Scientists who did not pay fees to publish OA
Irrelevant Less important
Important Extremely important
(n = 1,451 – 1,505)
Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 7
Salvatore MELE | CERN 8 SOAP Symposium
Outline
Why do scholars publish OA? What about fees?
How much do scholars pay to publish OA ? How do they pay ? How much are they ready to pay ?
Why don’t scholars publish OA? What should be changed?
Salvatore MELE | CERN 9 SOAP Symposium
Outline
Why do scholars publish OA? What about fees?
How much do scholars pay to publish OA ? How do they pay ? How much are they ready to pay ?
Why don’t scholars publish OA? What should be changed?
Which fee did you pay for your last OA article?
Salvatore MELE | CERN 10 SOAP Symposium
(n=22,977)
Which fee did you pay for your last OA article?
Salvatore MELE | CERN 11 SOAP Symposium
(n=22,977)
Why did you not pay to publish OA? A follow-up survey
Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 12
(n = 1,786)
Salvatore MELE | CERN 13 SOAP Symposium
Outline
Why do scholars publish OA? What about fees?
How much do scholars pay to publish OA ? How do they pay ? How much are they ready to pay ?
Why don’t scholars publish OA? What should be changed?
How was this fee covered?
Salvatore MELE | CERN 14 SOAP Symposium
(n = 9’645)
How was this fee covered?
Salvatore MELE | CERN 15 SOAP Symposium
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Astronomy and space science
Earth sciences
Biological sciences
Physics and related sciences
Mathema>cal and computer sciences
Engineering and technology
Psychology
Chemistry
Agriculture and related sciences
Social sciences
Medicine, den>stry and related subjects
Business and administra>ve studies
Educa>on
Research funding includes
Funding not intended
My ins>tu>on paid
I paid myself
Other
(n = 9’645)
How was this fee covered?
Salvatore MELE | CERN 16 SOAP Symposium
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Korea, South China Japan
Singapore Israel
United States of America Spain
Poland Austria
Italy Canada
United Kingdom Finland
Germany Russia Mexico Sweden Portugal
Brazil Taiwan
Netherlands France India
Belgium Switzerland
Research funding includes
Funding not intended
My ins>tu>on paid
I paid myself
Other
(n = 9’645)
How easy was it to obtain funds?
Salvatore MELE | CERN 17 SOAP Symposium
(n = 8’208)
How easy was it to obtain funds?
Salvatore MELE | CERN 18 SOAP Symposium
(n = 8’208)
How easy was it to obtain funds?
Salvatore MELE | CERN 19 SOAP Symposium
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Hospital or medical school
Other
University or college
Government
Research ins>tute
Industrial/commercial
Easy
Difficult
I have not used these sources
(n = 8’208)
How easy was it to obtain funds?
Salvatore MELE | CERN 20 SOAP Symposium
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Iran Australia Portugal
Brazil Italy Israel
Sweden Poland Spain
United Kingdom Canada France
Belgium Denmark
China United States of America
Finland Singapore
Netherlands Switzerland
Taiwan Germany Austria
Korea, South Japan
Easy Difficult I have not used these sources
(n = 8’208)
Salvatore MELE | CERN 21 SOAP Symposium
Outline
Why do scholars publish OA? What about fees?
How much do scholars pay to publish OA ? How do they pay ? How much are they ready to pay ?
Why don’t scholars publish OA? What should be changed?
How much would you pay to publish OA?
(n = 1’280)
Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 22
A follow-up survey
Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 23
How much would you pay to publish OA? Those who published and easily paid fees (n=454)
Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 24
How much would you pay to publish OA? Those who published & paid fees with difficulty (n=666)
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
I would not accept any fee
Less than €50 ($65)
€50 -‐ €100 ($65 -‐ $130)
€100 -‐ €300 ($130 -‐ $390)
€300 -‐ €500 ($390 -‐ $650)
€500 -‐ €1000 ($650 -‐ $1300)
€1000 -‐ €2000 ($1300 -‐ $2600)
More than €2000 ($2600)
How much would you pay to publish OA? Medicine and related subjects (n=411)
How much would you pay to publish OA? Earth sciences (n=81)
How much would you pay to publish OA? Biological sciences (n=411)
Salvatore MELE | CERN 28 SOAP Symposium
Remember…
About 10% of scholarly articles are published in Open Access journals…
…but about 90% of scholars think
Open Access is beneficial
Salvatore MELE | CERN 29 SOAP Symposium
Salvatore MELE | CERN 30 SOAP Symposium
Outline
Why do scholars publish OA? What about fees?
How much do scholars pay to publish OA ? How do they pay ? How much are they ready to pay ?
Why don’t scholars publish OA? What should be changed?
Was there a reason not to publish OA?
42% gave a reason; 5’000 answers; 60’000 words
Salvatore MELE | CERN 31 SOAP Symposium
Salvatore MELE | CERN 32 SOAP Symposium
Was there a reason not to publish OA?
(n = 4’976)
Salvatore MELE | CERN 33 SOAP Symposium
Was there a reason not to publish OA?
(n = 4’976)
Salvatore MELE | CERN 34 SOAP Symposium
Do demand and supply for high Impact-Factor OA journals match?
Does not publish because of “quality”=20% Does not publish because of “quality”=23%
Does not publish because of “quality”=32% Does not publish because of “quality”=39%
Salvatore MELE | CERN 35 SOAP Symposium
Outline
Why do scholars publish OA? What about fees?
How much do scholars pay to publish OA ? How do they pay ? How much are they ready to pay ?
Why don’t scholars publish OA? What should be changed?
What should be changed for scientists to publish OA ?
(n = 1’060 – 1’077)
Irrelevant Less important
Important Extremely important
Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 36
Recommenda>on from colleagues
Ease to obtain funds to pay fees
Journal converted to OA
Faster publica>on process
OA journal count for career
Lower publica>on fees
More good OA journals in my field
Publisher reputa>on
Waivers or no fees
Impact factor
Quality or pres>ge of OA journal
Salvatore MELE | CERN 37 SOAP Symposium
Summary
Gap between beliefs and actions: Major limitation: (perceived) lack of high-quality OA journals Major barrier: fees and funding Sizable country-by-country and discipline-by-discipline difference
One size does not fit all !
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