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Journal selection: Changing options and risks for authors seeking to publish Publishing research results: take advice with the editors workshop European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases April 15, 2019 13:30-15:30, Hall C [email protected] eLibrary © by author About me and Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) No article processing charge (APC) DISCLOSURES: I managed >4200 submissions, accepted ~1000. Salaried by CDC (US tax payers). My opinionsESCMID are solely my own, and do not reflect opinions eLibrary of the CDC or Emerging Infectious Diseases.2 © by author Academia’s obsession with “where you published” enabled commercialization of scientific publishing Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA, 2012) Do not use journal-level metrics … as a substitute for assessing the quality of an individual research article or candidate. ESCMID eLibrary 3 © by author Bold initiatives to move beyond “where you published” ESCMID eLibrary 4 © by author • Open Access (OA) publishing spectrum: Gold; Hybrid; Green. • All forms OA – generally more downloads & citations.* • <50% biomedical literature OA. • Concerns: APCs up to $5200; mega OA journals; deceptive publishers. 5 ESCMID eLibraryAPC = article processing charge, aka author publication fee © by author Subscription journal model • “Free” to authors because authors give away rights; peer reviewers and editors volunteer; publishers profit by restricting access.* • >$25B STM¹ information publishing market, from institutional subscriptions, profit margins exceed Google & Apple.* • To access the most prestigious journals for authors, libraries pressured into bundled subscription contracts with many less prestigious journals.* ¹ Science,ESCMID Technology, and Medicine Report (2018) eLibrary 6 © by author Boycotts and innovative agreements with publishers 2018 2019 2019 2019 2019 7 2019 https://sparcopen.org/ourESCMID-work/big-deal-cancellation-tracking/ eLibrary © by author Plan S – Bold initiative to speed transition to OA • "cOAlition S“ - 15 public, 4 private funders ?China • Goal: immediate OA. ?cap on APCs • Completed public feedback & updated implementation guidance this Spring. • Contentious!* • NEJM’s defense of subscription model* • “subscription costs rising, but may be only model that can finance highly selective journals with comprehensive editorial processes and quality control.” • Rebuttal in Forbes by Prof Salzburg, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at JHU* • “If costs are going up, that could be simply because publishers are paying themselves higher salaries (NEJM reported compensation of $703,324 for its chief editor in 2017), or hiring large staffs, or renting luxurious offices–who knows? ” ESCMID eLibrary 8 © by author When you choosing target journals, ask: • Do you want open access? • Is journal indexed in databases you trust? • Do you want journals that allow preprints?* ESCMID eLibrary 9 © by author National Library of Medicine (NLM): 3 brands • Medline - database of journals with stringent criteria. • PubMed Central (PMC) repository of full-text OA journals, or, author manuscripts. • PubMed = search engine of both. • “Indexed in PubMed” is misleading. ESCMID eLibrary 10 © by author >2200 NIH/CDC/cOAlition S-funded manuscripts published in OMICS International journals FUNDER GROUP NIH >2000 cOAlition S CDC April 2019 11 ESCMID eLibrary*Data provided by Dimensions from Digital Science © by author CDC-funded study in J AIDS and Clinical Research (OMICS) in PubMed Click >120 other studies here in PMC from this journal Cited by 3 reputable ESCMID eLibrary 12 © by author Indexing status in Medline (NLM Catalog) “Not currently indexed for Medline. Citations are for articles where manuscript deposited in PMC in India, actually compliance with public access policies.” ESCMID eLibrary © by author When dealing with an unfamiliar OA journal . Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) indexes OA journals with ethical peer review and publishing practices, transparent fees. If invited to peer review for an unfamiliar journal, first check DOAJ.org Type journal name here https://thinkchecksubmit.org/ESCMID eLibrary © by author Preprints are completed manuscripts pre peer review • bioRxiv server (2013) free, screened, posted with direct object identifier (doi). • 2017: “NIH encourages use - to speed dissemination, establish priority, obtain feedback, and offset publication bias.”* • In 2018, increased postings. • Journal-specific policies (Sherpa/Romeo) ESCMID eLibrary 15 © by author Journals accepting submissions from Gold Open Access Subscription (Hybrid) • PLOS Pathogens • PNAS (US NAS) • eLife (eLife Sciences) • Science (AAAS) • mBio (ASM) • Microbiology (MS) • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases • Journal of General Virology (MS) • PLOS One • Journal of Virology (ASM) • F1000Research • Infection and Immunity (ASM) • PeerJ • Journal of Bacteriology (ASM) • BMJ Open Science • Journal of Clinical Microbiology (ASM) • mSphere (ASM) • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ASM) • BMC Biology (Springer-Nature) • Frontiers in Microbiology https://www.biorxiv.org/about-biorxiv (sample) ESCMID eLibrary 16 © by author Summary • Global move towards open science and OA has been slow, despite clear benefits for public health. • Reasons for delay complex; not helped by academic incentive system. • Plan S and Germany’s Projekt DEAL and UC want publically funded research published openly, with reasonable APCs. • When dealing with an unfamiliar open access journal, check indexing status and author fees up front. • Preprint servers may be worth considering, but check journal policies. ESCMID eLibrary 17 © by author Questions? For more information, or question this talk, please contact: Sharon Bloom MD - [email protected] Emerging Infectious Diseases CDC Special thanks to: Martha Knuth (CDC), Stephen Curry (Imperial), Pippa Smart (EASE), Bernard Rentier (Liege), Ben Cowling (Hong Kong), Steven L. Salzberg (JHU), Ines Steffens (ECDC), Simon Batterbury (UK) ESCMID eLibrary © by author Extra Slides ESCMID eLibrary 19 © by author References by slide • Slide 3: (DORA) https://sfdora.org/resources/ • Hicks, et al. Nature (2015) The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics. • Lariviere,Curry ,(2016) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2016/09/11/062109.full.pdf, • Wrong Number: A closer look at Impact Factors https://quantixed.org/2015/05/05/wrong-number-a-closer- look-at-impact-factors • Slide 4: https://sfdora.org/2018/07/06/simple-questions-big-insights-charite-uses-bio-sketch-questions-to- recruit-faculty https://wellcome.ac.uk/news/how-we-judge-research-outputs-when-making-funding-decisions • https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/guidance/open-access-policy • Slide 5: Open Science by Design, (2018) https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25116/open-science-by-design-realizing- a-vision-for-21st-century **SPARC Europe 2016; McKiernan, eLife 2016. • Slide 6, • *Buranyi, Guardian (2017) Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science? • *Fyfe, A., Coate, K., Curry, S., Lawson, S., Moxham, N., & Røstvik, C.M. (2017). Untangling academic publishing: A history of the relationship between commercial interests, academic prestige and the circulation of research. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.546100 • **STM Report (2018) https://www.stm-assoc.org/2018_10_04_STM_Report_2018.pdf ESCMID eLibrary 20 © by author • Slide 7 References by Slide, cont’d. • https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-cancellation-tracking • https://www.library.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/media/Important_Notice_Regarding_Elsevier_Journals_20181211.pdf • https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-terminates-subscriptions-worlds-largest-scientific-publisher-push-open- access-publicly • https://newsroom.wiley.com/press-release/all-corporate-news/wiley-and-projekt-deal-partner-enhance-future-scholarly- research-an • http://www.stm-publishing.com/cambridge-university-press-reaches-major-open-access-agreement-in-germany/ • Slide 8 • https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/plan-s--the-ambitious-initiative-to-end-the-reign-of-paywalls-65231 • https://www.scienceeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Plan_S.pdf • List of participating funders: http://scieur.org/coalition-s-funders https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation/ • Haug. No Free Lunch - What Price Plan S for Scientific Publishing? N Engl J Med 2019; 380:1181-1185 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMms1900864 • Highly Profitable Medical Journal Says Open Access Publishing Has Failed. Right (rebuttal to NEJM) https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2019/04/01/nejm-says-open-access-publishing-has-failed-right/#12e888ad6a44 • Slide 10 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog • https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/02/14/extension-and-conflation-how-the-nlms-confusing-brands-have-us-all-mixed-up/ • Manca, A, Moher, How predatory journals leak into PubMed. CMAJ. 2018; 190: E1042-45 • Slide 11: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/us-judge-rules-deceptive-publisher-should-pay-501-million-damages • OMICS journalistic expose https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-08-29/medical-journals-have-a-fake-news-problem • Data provided by Dimensions from Digital Science ESCMID eLibrary 21 © by author References by Slide, cont’d. & helpful YouTube lectures • Slide 14: Think Check Submit https://thinkchecksubmit.org/ • Directory of Open Access Journals, DOAJ.org • Slide 15:*Abdill (2019) Tracking the popularity and outcomes of all bioRxiv preprints [Preprint] https://doi.org/10.1101/515643 • NIH on preprints https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not-od-17-050.html