Reinventing UTS ePRESS (sans notes)

Keep Calm and Unlock Research

Reinventing UTS ePRESS

Belinda TiffenDirector Library Resources

Scott AbbottUTS ePRESS Officer

Unlocking Research

since

2004

platinum OA academic journals11

ebooks23

2014UTS ePRESS

review

Source: Roarmap

The number of OA mandates is increasing

academic community

There is a growing awareness of OA in the

How do we distinguish

UTS ePRESS

from

Predatory publishers?

Research impact measures

still favour

traditional

and

bibliometric measures

modes of publication

1. Brandingto increase visibility

and ‘saleability’

2. Uniform CC-BY licences for libre OA

3. HTML and PDF

to remove technical barriers to reuse

formats

4. DOIto maximise impact through increased

findability

Plagarism 11%

Duplicate Publication 16%

Fraud/Suspected Fraud 49%

Error 24%

5. iThenticateto increase quality and reduce editor

workload

Fang, FC, Grant Steen, R., Casadevall, A (2012) Misconduct Accounts for the majority of Retracted Scientific Publication. PNAS 109(42). doi:10.1073/journal.pnas.1212247109 http://www.pnas.org/content/109/42/17028.full

http://www.pnas.org/content/109/42/17028.full

Figure 3. Justifications for retraction stated in the notices consulted, which accounted for 4,232 retracted articles.

Grieneisen ML, Zhang M (2012) A Comprehensive Survey of Retracted Articles from the Scholarly Literature. PLoS ONE 7(10): e44118. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044118 http://127.0.0.1:8081/plosone/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0044118

Measuring Success

Measuring Successqualitative measures

a case studyPORTALJournal of Multidisciplinary Studies

International Editorial Advisory BoardPORTALJournal of Multidisciplinary Studies

(Some) index locationsPORTALJournal of Multidisciplinary Studies

Measuring Successquantitative measures

PORTALJournal of Multidisciplinary StudiesTraditional Citation Metrics and H-Index

Source: Google Scholar, February 2015

PORTALJournal of Multidisciplinary StudiesArticle Downloads

Source: OJS COUNTER Statistics, February 2015

PORTALJournal of Multidisciplinary StudiesArticle Downloads

Source: Google Analytics, Article Downloads, March 2014 - February 2015

PORTALJournal of Multidisciplinary StudiesInternational Reach

Source: Google Analytics, Visits by Country, Since January 2009

PORTALJournal of Multidisciplinary Studies73.2% of Visitors are Non-Australian

Source: Google Analytics, Sessions by Country, Since January 2009

PORTALJournal of Multidisciplinary StudiesGlobal Distribution of Readers

Source: Google Analytics, Sessions by Country, Since January 2009

PORTALJournal of Multidisciplinary StudiesGlobal Authorship

ORIGIN OF AUTHOR NUMBER PERCENTAGE

Australian 190 27%

International 211 31%

Unknown 289 42%

TOTAL 690 100%

PORTALJournal of Multidisciplinary StudiesAlternative Metrics

Source: PLOS/OJS

52discussions

17discussions

PORTALJournal of Multidisciplinary StudiesAlternative Metrics

Source: Mendeley

3article saves

Expanding our monograph publishing

Media Object explores….”the role of experimentation with the languages of

media in the development of new modes of communication and new ideas.

Necessarily then MediaObject is interested in experiments in form both in book

publishing and in an expanded idea of the possibilities of both the academic monograph and the artist book.”

How can we develop

sustainable business

models for monograph publishing?

Exploring creative

models of

book design

marketing

&

New business models exploring

the nature of the book

Freemium models

retain open access

but

provide value-added services

to diversify business models

Cecilia Heffer, 2010, Lace Narratives, Solo Exhibition, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney

Cecilia Heffer & Bert Bongers, 2014, Pattern Stations, Embracing Innovation Vol 4: Craft ACT, Craft + Design Centre, Canberra

Cecilia Heffer, 2010, Lace Narratives, Solo Exhibition, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney

Cecilia Heffer, 2013, India Embroidery Tour

Cecilia Heffer, 2011-2013, Love Lace, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

Cecilia Heffer, 2011-2013 Love Lace, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

Cecilia Heffer, 2011-2013, Love Lace, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

secure basic open access (no fee for users, no fee for publishing)

•  Research output in shared

interoperable open access digital repositories –  institutional –  national –  regional –  international –  Thematic –  Journal repositories (70% journals do not

charge APC´s)

payed&value*added&services&by&repositories,&overlay&journals,&&megajournals,&epijournals,&publishers,&data&portals,&peer*review&services,&impact&services,&etc.&

Global Open Accessa collaborative freemium model

Source: Dominque Babini, CLACSO, 2014

“Open Access is an opportunity not a threat”

Paul Ayris, UCL Press, COASP at UNESCO 2014

All images from pixabay.com used under CC0 licence

Except for:

Open For Business Sign: From opensource.com used under CC-BY-SA licence Stopwatch: From Flickr user William Warby used under CC-BY licence Old TV: From Flickr user Kevin Smith, used under CC-BY-SA licence Libre Sign: From Flickr user Gisela Giardino used under CC-BY-SA licence Images of Cecilia Heffer’s Work: ceciliaheffer.com UTS ePRESS Banner: By Mal Booth, used under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

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http://opensource.com

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