Technology and StandardsCOASP 2013

Simon ThomsonFounder of Open Access Key

Open Access Report : Market Size, Share, Forecast, and TrendsPublished 2013

Open Access Key – “one to watch”successfully introduced services to reduce friction and create a more efficient marketplace

"The Potential Role for Intermediaries in Managing the Payment of Open Access Article Processing Charges (APCs)“

RIN Report http://www.researchinfonet.org

or the fact we bought you all dinner on Wednesday night.....

Background to OAK Improve the author user

experience to encourage resubmission to Open Access

Reduce time and cost of financial management and administration for all participants

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Hidden Cost

Processing an apc cost the organisation

GBP 90.00EUR 105.00USD 140.00

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Let researchers and universities spend their time and money on research and not on administration

Our Technology Built and maintained in Norway and Denmark Web based Interact with api (Application programming interface) Visma Business Technology - erp/erm system designed

for mass single payment/clearing house management Capable of processing in excess of 1.5 million

transactions, associated to several thousand co-authors Functionality covers all Journal non-subscription charges

and OA books and monographs business models

The standards – some examplesWeb Accessibility Initiative (WAI) -

Level 2 Compliance issued by W3C Registered Data Controllers with

the Information Controllers OfficeSSL Certified

OA Workflow StandardsOAK is ORCID readyFundrefRepository IdentifiersWe are working with all parties to establish a

standard metadata record captured with the transaction/billing record

We are working with all parties to define and refine operational workflows

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• Cradle to Grave Billing

• Modular Functionality

• Transaction administration

Linking to publishers Created a standard api feed this can interact with production systems,

publisher manuscript management databases api ties in at the points of minimal disruption for

the publisher api pulls article metadata, pushes

payment/transaction status and analysis

Huge flexibility We created a system to service non/subscription

payments / apc’s, reprints, colour charges, page charges Discounting

Structured - eg 10% Membership, Ed board member Adhoc – marketing flyers at conferences

Workflow options With or without author interaction Split payments

Reporting

Future of OAK

If you think you are too small to have an impact

then try going to bed with a mosquito in the room

Collaboration Co-Action Publishing and

PKP/OJS DOAJ Jisc Intermediaries Production Systems Scoap3 – push metadata Funders – refine reporting

Thank you