How to publish for free Nola Steiner Senior Librarian (ABLE) University Library October 2018 Agenda ● What is Open Access (OA) publication? ● Why is OA publication important ? ● Options for OA publishing with no or reduced cost What is Open Access? Open Access (OA) material is digital, online, freely accessible and free of most copyright and licencing restrictions. https://aoasg.org.au/what-is-open-access/ Why make my work Open Access? • No limit to who has access to your research results – no paywall • Wider audience – greater opportunity for impact and citation • Compliance with funder mandates (ARC & NHMRC) ARC and NHMRC OA policy ARC and NHMRC OA policies require that any research outputs arising from a supported research project must be made openly accessible within a twelve month period from the date of publication. http://www.arc.gov.au/arc-open-access- policy https://nhmrc.gov.au/about- us/publications/open-access-policy Why else? • To support the University’s strategic goal to be a global leader in internationally renowned research by communicating high quality, freely available UWA research publications to a broad wide audience • Supports the University’s Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) submission • Complies with the University Policy on: Code of Conduct for the Responsible Practice of Research Escalating costs of publishing Australian university: book and journal expenditure 2009 ‐ 2016 $400 1.2 $350 1.0 0.995 1.039 1.045 0.887 $300 0.915 0.815 0.8 $250 0.709 $200 0.647 0.6 $150 Millions 0.4 $100 0.2 $50 $0 0.0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Expenditure: Serials Expenditure: Non‐Serials Expenditure: Total Exchange Rate % Publishing models Traditional Gold Open Hybrid Open Access Access Publishing Green Open Access Publishing Publishing • Publish your research • Publish with a gold OA with a “hybrid” publisher • Publish with a “traditional” publisher • Publish with a traditional publisher publisher and.. • Publisher will make your • Some publishers require publication OA • The publication is only the author to pay an • Also deposit a version of available to readers with immediately if you pay Article Processing Charge your published work into an APC access to an (APC) an OA institutional institutional repository or subject- subscription or who based repository • If you choose to not pay have purchased access • The publication is the APC the publication is immediately available only available to readers for all readers to access • You transfer copyright to • Most scholarly publishing with access to an freely publisher, but retain the institutional agreements assign right to disseminate the copyright to the publisher subscription or who • You retain copyright and manuscript via OA have purchased access grant publisher licence to repository publish • UWA discourages paying • An embargo period may fees for Hybrid OA • Reuse rights are guided be imposed by the by Creative Common publisher as outlined in Licenses the publisher/author agreement Can I publish in top journals in my field AND publish Open Access? Yes • There are highly ranked, peer-reviewed gold OA journals • Where a gold OA journal charges an APC, financial assistance or a discount may be available to you at UWA • Many highly ranked journals allow authors to “self-archive” a version of their publication in an OA repository within 12 months – green OA Note: OA publication isn’t compulsory if your preferred publication isn’t in one of the above categories. How to find an OA journal Open Access journal directories: • DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals General journal directories which can be filtered to show OA journals in your area: • Ulrichsweb Global Serials • CORE - Connecting Repositories • Open Science Directory • AWOL - The Ancient World Online • Directory of Open Access Scholarly Journals in Education • JURN directory (Arts & Humanities) • Knowledge Unlatched – KU Journals Check the OA Policy of a journal: • Sherpa Romeo Refer to the Open Access Toolkit for more information: • https://guides.library.uwa.edu.au/openaccesstoolkit Free or reduced-cost Open Access publishing options….. Gold OA publication • The publication is immediately available online for all readers to access freely • You may be required to pay an Article Processing Fee (APC) • You retain copyright and you grant publisher licence to publish • Reuse rights are guided by Creative Common Licenses • Example: PloS (Public Library of Science ) journals Assistance for gold OA publication The UWA APC Fund The APC Fund is a safety net option for all UWA academic staff (including adjuncts and honorary appointments) and HDR students who have no other source of funding (such as an ARC or NHMRC grant or internal research funds) to cover the cost. Assistance is to a maximum of $3,500 Application for support will be assessed on the following criteria: • The journal must be on the list of current JIF top 10% gold OA journals that charge an APC. A selection of humanities gold OA journals are also included. • The UWA author is either first or corresponding author • The UWA author has by-lined the University of Western Australia • The author has not previously accessed the APC fund in the current calendar year For more information on the APC Fund, see https://guides.library.uwa.edu.au/openaccesstoolkit/apc-fund Assistance for gold OA publication APC discounts The University Library is a Supporter Member of a number of Open Access (OA) services. UWA researchers can publish in these services at a discount on the standard article processing charge: • BioMed Central – 15% • SpringerOpen - 15% • Chemistry Central - 15% • Nucleic Acid Research – 50% • The Royal Society - 25% • If you submit your article from on Campus, you will be automatically recognised as a UWA author based on the UWA IP range. • If submitting from elsewhere use your UWA email address to confirm your UWA For more details see Open Access Toolkit : Reduced rate OA publishing No cost gold OA publication Consider gold OA journal with no APCs As at January 31, 2018, 71% of journals (7,766 journals) listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) had no APCs (free for authors) Negotiate We recommend that HDR students ask the publisher whether they will waive the Article Processing Charge. Cartoon illustrated by John R. McKiernan http://whyopenresearch.org/gallery Knowledge Unlatched http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/ Green OA publication • Publish with a “traditional” publisher and… • Then deposit the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) into the UWA Research Repository &/or a subject-based repository at no cost • You transfer copyright to publisher, but retain the right to disseminate the manuscript via an OA repository •An embargo period may be imposed by the publisher as outlined in the publisher/author agreement • Example: Lancet Sherpa Romeo You can meet funder mandates with green OA ARC: “Acceptable versions of written/printed Research Outputs. For the purposes of this policy, it is acceptable for either of the following versions of a manuscript, journal article in a peer reviewed journal or refereed conference paper to be made Openly Accessible: • the Post-print or “Author accepted manuscript”, which has been accepted for Publication, and which is made available in the author’s Institutional Repository under an appropriate licence such as those available through the Creative Commons suite of licences (ideally CC-BY) • the Publisher’s Version/PDF, also referred to as the ‘Published version’ or ‘version of record’ (for example, journal version with final pagination and formatting). The publisher’s version is only acceptable if it is fully Openly Accessible, with an appropriate licence such as those available through the Creative Commons suite of licences (ideally CC-BY).” https://www.arc.gov.au/policies-strategies/policy/arc-open-access-policy-version-20171 You can meet funder mandates with green OA NHMRC: “What manuscript versions are acceptable under the NHMRC Open Access Policy? • The author’s accepted manuscript version which is also referred to as ‘postprint’ that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication is acceptable. • The publisher’s version or ‘version of record’ (VoR) with final pagination and formatting is only acceptable if it meets all legal copyright and licensing requirements relating to open access. • ‘Preprints’ are not acceptable versions under this policy.” https://nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/publications/open-access-policy Author’s Accepted Manuscript Assistance for green OA publication UWA Profiles and Research Repository • Repository staff process ARC and NHMRC funded publications to make them available in the UWA Profiles and Research Repository. They contact the Chief Investigator (CI) for a copy of the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) and make it available subject to publisher conditions. If they cannot identify the CI, they contact the first UWA author and the corresponding author • You can assist this process by: Including the UWA by-line, the grant ID and the funding body on the publication. Keeping a copy of the AAM Responding to messages from the Repository • You can add your AAM at anytime to any of your publications in the Repository, regardless of whether they are a product of an ARC or NHMRC funded project http://www.library.uwa.edu.au/repository/support-and-faqs#open • The Repository is indexed by Google, Google Scholar and Trove • Publishing OA via the Repository is free Infrastructure for Open Access @ UWA https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/ UWA OA policy “5.11 The University supports the principle of Open Access by making publications freely available online within twelve months of publication through the UWA Research Repository. UWA authors are responsible for depositing copies of their publications in accordance with this policy. 5.12 Where legal or contractual obligations make this impossible, an explanatory note is added to the publication information in the Research Repository. UWA authors are encouraged to avoid transferring copyright to the publisher and are asked to ensure that publication contracts allow self-archiving of the Author’s Accepted Manuscript in the UWA Research Repository.