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Experiences Hosting OA Journals at LiU E-Press
Linköping University Electronic PressDavid [email protected]
Linköping University Electronic Press
– Began in 1996 under the initiative of Erik Sandewall
– Generally, the electronic publisher for the research output of LiU (exjobb, theses, reports, articles, books…)
– Additionally: conference proceedings and OA journals
– First OA journal in 1997
– Initially, a connection with LiU was required
Development of Journal Hosting– Support from OpenAccess.se to test a ”Journal
Publication Service”• Allowed testing of JARSS editorial system for use with smaller,
OA journals• Allowed a number of journals to start up and test an on-line
format• Results indicated that there was interest amongst researchers
at Swedish universities (particularly in HSS) for journal hosting services
– Since then we have started up and now host 5 OA journals.
Development cont’d– In 2008, decision was taken to offer hosting to journals
independent of any connection with LiU
– Later in 2008, decision also taken to offer this cost-free
– Early experience illustrated the importance of a formal application procedure and review process
Conditions• The journal must be of high quality and national or international in
scope;• The journal must be open access, i.e. allowing completely free access
to the articles. A creative commons agreement (attribution, or attribution non-commercial) will be used to clarify the licensing of published articles;
• All articles must be externally peer-reviewed, i.e. the reviewers must include people beyond those affiliated with the editorial committee of the journal;
• The journal must show sufficient promise to publish at least two issues per year, or equivalent, when continuous publishing is envisaged, for at least five years;
• The journal must provide a business plan and an editorial plan consistent with the above conditions.
Review Conditions
• the need for such a journal;• the competence and reputation of the proposed editorial
staff;• the quality of the proposed editorial board;• the potential volume and source of material; • the potential for continuing support;• the distinctness from other journals in the area
Continuing Evaluation
– Needs to be a process formal review every couple of years
Journals Hosted
Journal DatesElectronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (ETAI) 1997-2001
Student Journal of Health Sciences 1998-2001
Hygiea Internationalis 1999-
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life 2006-
Culture Unbound 2009-
Northern European Journal of Language Technology 2009-
European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults
2009-
Services Offered– Editorial support system (JARSS)
– Set up and host journal web pages (guidance but not design)
– Publish publication-ready articles
– Register journal with appropriate indices
– DOIs/CrossRef
– Archiving of publishing agreements from authors
– Creative commons, multimedia…
Business Models
– No author fees, no advertising, no memberships, no ”pay-for” options
– Donated time
– Those with a society coupling get administrative help through the society
– VR (once off)
Lessons Learned– During approval process look carefully at conditions for
continuity/survival
– It is best (essential?) that more than just a research group is involved in the editorial process
– Formal procedures for regular quality control
– Editorial support system??
– Flexibility
– Google visibility
Small journals and Current Research Evaluation
– In the Nordic countries, the research output of Universities and researchers are evaluated using either ”Norwegian” or ”ISI” models (or a combination)
– For ISI models, journals must be indexed by ISI• Relatively poor coverage of HSS (although growing)• For small journals, ISI’s evaluation procedure is not easy
– For Norwegian models, journals are ranked as level 1 or 2 (top 20% in field).
• Easy to be ranked; difficult to become level 2
In Summary– There is a demand/role for University libraries to offer
hosting services for Open Access journals
– A serious evaluation procedure is essential along with clear conditions for hosting
– Necessary to stress the amount of work involved in running an international journal