The ULS Open Access Author Fee FundULS Scholarly Communications Lunch and Learn #11
Office of Scholarly Communication and PublishingUniversity Library System
University of Pittsburgh
May 15, 2014
ULS Open Access Author Fee Fund
What is it?
Why are we doing it?
Who else is doing this?
How does it work?– Who is eligible?– What publications are eligible?– How do authors apply?
How is the program going?
What is the OA Author Fee Fund?
A program that pays publishing fees on behalf of authors at Pitt who wish to publish in Open Access journals
Open to faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, staff & post-doc researchers
BUT:
Only eligible authors are awarded funding
Only eligible journals are covered
Why do authors need funding for OA publishing?
Open Access journals cannot rely on subscription revenues
Many OA journals are funded through article processing charges (APCs)
APCs are more common in STEM journals
The burden is on the author to find funding (personal funds, grant funds, institutional funding)
Why have we become involved?
Incentivize authors to publish in OA journals
Encourage good choices for OA publishing– Use standards to screen for quality– Support fair business models for OA (no hybrid OA)
Support the efforts of OA publishers
Experiment with a sustainable cost model for OA
Collaborate with other academic libraries to help transform the publishing landscape
Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE)
a group of universities pledged to support the funding of their authors in Open Access publications
21 universities (Pitt was the 18th)
Members must:– Commit to the compact (at Provost level)– Establish formal funding mechanism– Develop and publicize policies and procedures
some policies vary by institution
The Compact
“… each of the undersigned universities commits to the timely establishment of durable mechanisms for underwriting reasonable publication charges for articles written by its faculty and published in fee-based open-access journals and for which other institutions would not be expected to provide funds.”
COPE Members Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California at Berkeley
University of Ottawa
Columbia University
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
University of Michigan
Universitat de Barcelona
Duke University
University of Calgary
Simon Fraser University
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
University of Utah
University of Pittsburgh
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Texas A&M University
Emory University
University of Rhode Island
Pitt Author Eligibility Criteria
Faculty, staff, postdoctoral associates, and students
Excludes the six schools of the Health Sciences– Dental Medicine– Health and Rehabilitation Sciences– Medicine– Nursing– Pharmacy– Public Health
Health Sciences author are eligible for journals published by Hindawi
Journal Eligibility Criteria
Gold Open Access journals only– No hybrid Open Access– No ‘delayed’ Open Access
Be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (unless the journal is too new for DOAJ eligibility)
Be a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association or adhere to its Code of Conduct
Have publicly available a standard article fee schedule
OASPA Code of Conduct: a proxy for OA journal quality
No practices or activities that could bring the Association or open access publishing into disrepute;
Maintain rigorous peer review process for published content
Editorial boards with recognized experts
Misconduct may be reported to the Board of Directors resulting in review and expulsion
OASPA Code of Conduct (continued)
Clearly visible on publisher’s Web site:– Company contact information– Peer review process & policies– Author fees and policies (if any)– Author copyright/licensing policies– Author submission instructions– High standards of presentation
Other policies
No limit to funding per author
Any Pitt co-author can receive full funding
Institutional memberships– Hindawi (only case where HS authors are covered)– BMC
Awards now given even if grant funding available
No reimbursements - library pays publisher up front
Status of the program
Low rate of adoption
Theoretical cap on fund: $50K
Total awards over two years: ~ $20K (non-Hindawi)
Hindawi membership provides around 20% savings
Most inquiries are from Health Science researchers
We need your help to get the word out!
ULS Author Fee Fund recipients - Swanson School of EngineeringNon HSLS Applications funded between July 1, 2012 - December 2, 2013
Eligible Author Department Publisher Publication NameChien-Wen Chen Bioengineering Hindawi Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
William C. W. Chen Bioengineering Hindawi Stem Cells International
Kyle Bibby Civil and Environmental Engineering BioMed Central Microbial ecology
Piervincenzo Rizzo Civil and Environmental Engineering Hindawi Advances in Civil Engineering
Tyler W. Davis Civil and Environmental Engineering Hindawi International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Vikas Khanna Civil and Environmental Engineering BioMed Central Biotechnology for Biofuels
Ervin Sejdic Electrical and Computer Engineering PLoS PLoS ONE
Ervin Sejdic Electrical and Computer Engineering PLoS PLoS ONE
Ervin Sejdic Electrical and Computer Engineering BioMed Central Biomedical Engineering Online
Kevin Chen Electrical and Computer Engineering Hindawi Journal of Sensors
Gabriel L. Zenarosa Industrial Engineering Hindawi Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Jung-Kim Lee Mechanical Eng. & Materials Science Hindawi Journal of Nanomaterials
Jung-Kim Lee Mechanical Eng. & Materials Science Hindawi Journal of Nanomaterials
Rocky S. Tuan Mechanical Eng. & Materials Science BioMedCentral Stem Cell Research and Therapy
Rocky S. Tuan Mechanical Eng. & Materials Science BioMed Central Stem Cell Research and Therapy
Robert S. Parker Chem/Petroleum Engineering BioMed Central Critical Care
ULS Author Fee Fund recipients - other non-HS SchoolsNon HSLS Applications funded between July 1, 2012 - December 2, 2013
Eligible Author School Department Publisher Publication NameMark P. Mooney Arts and Sciences Anthropology Hindawi International Journal of Genomics Jill A. Dembowski Arts and Sciences Biological Sciences Hindawi Journal of Nucleic Acids Zhiyun Cao Arts and Sciences Chemistry Hindawi International Journal of Proteomics R. Ingram Arts and Sciences Mathematics Hindawi Advances in Numerical Analysis William C. Troy Arts and Sciences Mathematics Hindawi International Journal of Differential Equations Y. Pan Arts and Sciences Mathematics Hindawi Journal of Function Spaces and Applications Tao Han Arts and Sciences Physics & Astronomy Hindawi Advances in High Energy Physics J. Richard Jennings Arts and Sciences Psychology Hindawi International Journal of Hypertension Katherin A. Belendiuk Arts and Sciences Psychology Hindawi Journal of Obesity Kirk I. Erickson Arts and Sciences Psychology Hindawi Journal of Aging Research Kirk I. Erickson Arts and Sciences Psychology Hindawi Journal of Aging Research Kristine A. Wilckens Arts and Sciences Psychology Hindawi Neural Plasticity Regina L. Leckie Arts and Sciences Psychology Hindawi Journal of Aging Research John M. Jakicic Education Health & Phys. Activity Hindawi Journal of Obesity Kevin H. Kim Education Psych. & Education Hindawi AIDS Research and Treatment Joseph Kabara Information Sciences Hindawi International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Daniel Rosen Social Work Hindawi ISRN Addiction Shaun M. Eack Social Work Hindawi Rehabilitation Research and Practice Louis Alfieri LRDC Hindawi Child Development Research