Open Access Publishing at Nature Publishing Group Antoine Bocquet Director, Asia-Pacific SPARC Japan Seminar February 29 th 2012, Tokyo
Workflow: Submission to Publication NPG s Open Access activities Discontinue copyright transfer for research articles January Launch of current NPG archiving policy 2009-2010 Hybrid model for remaining owned AJs April Launch of Nature Communicat ions 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 License to publish introduced March Launch of Molecular Systems Biology December - Hybrid model on EMBO Journal & EMBO Reports December Introduction of Creative Commons Licence January Hybrid model for some academic journals January Launch of Cell Death & Disease entirely open access July Launch of Scientific Reports
Launched April 2010 as a multidisciplinary, online journal with open access option High-quality content of interest to specialists in their field aiming to be top of middle tier Aims to capture content that otherwise cannot be published by NPG encouraging PSing from Nature and the RJs as well as new submissions Internal editorial team, using external editorial advisory panel for advice on some manuscripts
Submissions currently running at nearly 400 per month. About 4x the size of a Nature research title. Weekly updates, moving to daily. Most papers published in biology (53%), followed by physics (31%), chemistry (10%) and earth sciences (6%) About 50% of authors choose OA. More biology is OA (55%) than other subjects (chemistry 34%, physics 43%) Submissions: USA 1 st, Japan 2 nd, China 3 rd UK 4 th, Korea 6th, Australia 9th, Singapore 13th, Taiwan 18 th. About 40% of submissions are transfers from other NPG titles. Published Authors: USA 1 st, UK 2 nd, Japan 3 rd, China 6th, Australia 7th, Singapore 14th, Korea 15th, Taiwan 21 st Some papers highly cited. Frequent coverage for Nature Communications articles in a diverse form of media BBC news, New Scientist, The Guardian, Science Now, Wired, The Metro, The Telegraph, USA Today etc.
450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Submissions continue to grow Jul-11 Oct-11 Jan-12 Apr-12 Jul-12 Oct-12 Jan-13 Apr-13 Jul-13 Oct-13 Jan-14 Apr-11 Jan-11 Oct-10 Jul-10 Apr-10 Jan-10 Oct-09 Jul-09 Jan-09 Apr-09 Submissions (past QA)
Opened for submissions January 2011 as a multidisciplinary, open access, online only journal. Published first 15 papers on June 14 th, 2011 Primary research publication covering all areas of the natural sciences biology, chemistry, physics and earth sciences Peer-reviewed: all scientifically sound papers accepted Editorial decisions: Editorial Advisory Panel and Editorial Board. Editorial Advisory Panel are experts from all major fields, chosen to ensure representation across all areas of science. Provides editorial advice and helps recruit the Editorial Board. No internal NPG editors. Online only, Open Access Rapid dissemination - manuscripts processed for publication as quickly as possible Article Processing Charge Authors are asked to pay post-publication Papers are archived in PubMed Central and other databases application for indexing in PubMed has been made. Promotion by social media has been important (Facebook, Twitter)
Breakdown of editorial board members discipline 38 28 26 26 25 24 24 22 22 19 20 19 19 18 6 22 Astrophysics Cancer Cell Biology Chemical Biology Chemistry Earth & Env sci Eco & Evo Bio Gen & Genom Immunology Microbiology Mol Bio Neuroscience Particle Phys Physics Plant Bio Stem Cells
Argentina Early manuscript submissions by geography Total Manuscripts Acceptance Rate 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% United States of America Japan China United Kingdom Germany India Australia Spain France Italy Canada Korea, Republic Of Singapore Sweden Denmark Switzerland Taiwan Nigeria
Expanding OA choice at NPG: OA only and hybrid options 45 40 35 30 25 20 38 43 44 15 10 15 5 0 2005 0 1 2 1 2 3 1 2006 2007 2008 open access options 1 1 3 2009 2010 2011 open access journals 8 2012 12
Open Access only titles at NPG Accepting subs Sep-09 Jul-10 Oct-10 Dec-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Aug-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Feb-12 Pub first articles Jan-10 Oct-10 Jan-11 Jan-11 Jan-11 Apr-11 Jan-12 Jan-12 Mar-12 Jul-12 New Titles from Asia 2012