Networking,,open,access,and,

publishing,

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Benjamin,Johnson,PhD,

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Associate,Publisher,,Biological,Sciences,

BioMed,Central,

What’s,next,for,

you?,

Careers,for,PhDs,

Academia,

Other,

http://acd.od.nih.gov/bmw_report.pdf!

I,chose,“other”,

•  BSc,Virology,,University,of,Warwick,

•  PhD,Influenza,Virus,,University,of,Reading,and,Health,ProtecRon,Agency,

•  Postdoc,Vaccinia,Virus,,Imperial,College,London,

•  AcquisiRons,&,Development,Editor,,BioMed,

Central,

•  Associate,Publisher,,BioMed,Central,

Why,leave,

academia?,

Gain,other,skills,whilst,in,academia,

•  Journal,Club,•  Lecturing,•  Tutorials,•  Conferences,•  PresentaRons,•  NETWORK,

Increase,your,

visibility,through,

open,access,

Open,Access,Publishers,

2000

And many more…

2013

Old,methods,of,accessing,knowledge,

New,methods,of,accessing,knowledge,

Distribu(on+is+different+

•  No,subscripRon,barriers,•  Universal,access,•  Openly,licensed,to,allow,reuse,,

Same+quality+and+standards+

•  Peer,review,•  Editors,in,chief,•  Editorial,boards,•  Indexing,

Are,open,access,journals,different,from,

subscripRon,journals?,

!! “My work on biomedical research in

developing countries has shown me that lack of access to current publications has a severe impact.!…!The vast majority of biomedical scientists in Africa attempt to perform globally competitive research without up-to-date access to the wealth of biomedical literature taken for granted at western institutions.”!"Winston Hide, Harvard School of Public Health!!!

Why,open,access?,

Pat,Brown,,pioneer,of,microarrays:,

“We,knew,we,were,not,ge\ng,full,value,out,of,

our,[microarray],data,,because,we,sRll,didn't,

have,ready,access,to,all,the,available,

knowledge,that,was,published.,

“Equally,importantly,,we,wanted,to,put,the,

enRre,corpus,of,relevant,arRcles,in,a,database,

that,would,let,us,automate,the,process,,but,we,

were,thwarted,by,publishers,who,strictly,

forbade,downloading,and,automated,analysis.”,

BMC Biology 2013, 11:33 !

About,BioMed,Central,

•  Launched,first,open,access,journal,in,2000,

•  One,of,the,largest,global,publishers,of,peerdreviewed,open,

access,journals,

•  Became,part,of,Springer,in,2008,

•  Publishes,>250,open,access,journals,•  All,research,arRcles,published,under,CreaRve,Commons,license,

•  Costs,covered,by,arRcledprocessing,charge,(APC),or,journal,

sponsors,

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Laakso,and,Björk,BMC$Medicine,2012,10:124,

Growth,of,open,access,

Networking,is,essenRal,to,my,job,

•  RecruiRng,editors,•  Commissioning,content,

•  Conference,amendance,•  AmracRng,submissions,to,my,journals,

How,visible,is,your,

research?,

How,do,you,measure,success?,

•  PublicaRons,•  Impact,factor,

•  CitaRons,•  Accesses,•  Sharing,on,social,media,

Open,data,is,criRcal,

Pat,Brown,,pioneer,of,microarray,technology:,

“We,knew,we,were,not,ge\ng,full,value,out,of,our,

[microarray],data,,because,we,sRll,didn't,have,ready,access,to,all,the,available,knowledge,that,was,

published.,

“Equally,importantly,,we,wanted,to,put,the,enRre,

corpus,of,relevant,arRcles,in,a,database,that,would,

let,us,automate,the,process,,but,we,were,thwarted,

by,publishers,who,strictly,forbade,downloading,and,

automated,analysis.”,BMC Biology 2013, 11:33 !

Open,Data,

Thank,you,for,your,amenRon!,

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@drbenjohnson,

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ben.johnson@biomedcentral.com,

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