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Conservatism and Radicalism in Scholarly Communications Caroline Sutton President, OASPA Co-founder, Co-Action Publishing The Northernmost Open Access Week Event 2010 18 October 2010, Umeå, Sweden www.oaspa.org
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Conservatism and Radicalism in Scholarly CommunicationsCaroline SuttonPresident, OASPACo-founder, Co-Action Publishing
The Northernmost Open Access Week Event 201018 October 2010, Umeå, Sweden
www.oaspa.org
Collins, J & Porras, I.J. (2002) Built to Last. Collins Busines Essentials: New York.
Preserve the core, stimulate progress along
non-core practices
Open Access publishers share the same core values as other scholarly publishers, but are
reshaping and driving change innon-core practices.
Non-core practices tend to be confused with core values.
Hence, changing practices can be accompanied by controversy and resistance due to a misunderstanding that one is changing core values.
Open Access OR thinking
Open Access OR Quality Open Access OR Impact Open Access OR Prestige Open Access OR Peer Review
The ”tyranny of OR”
What comprises the core of scholarly communications and what are non-core practices?
Quality Control
Evidence of scientific rigor Valid & reliable methodology Theoretical grounding Empirically sound/appropriate evidence
Independent contribution to the field Peer review prior to publication
Single Blind Double blind
Editorial control Editorial boards
Integrity
No plagiarism Authentic
Authors listed have made a contribution No commercial interests or (unstated)
conflicts of interests Editorial decisions are objective
Copyright Licensing CrossCheck
Knowledge is cumulative
Authors must cite where their ideas come from Reference lists Citations
Impact Citation counting Impact factor Metrics
Distribution Paper, electronic, new ”apps” Subscriptions, licensing Open Access
Literature and data mining, New search tools such as i hop, ”nano publications”
The scholarly Record is a permanent record The scientific record is permanent
An addendum than removal from the record Everything we publish must be around
for all posterity Archiving in paper National and international archives Repositories emerging LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, etc. Portico
(Prestige)
Indexing & rankings Rejection rates Editorial board Impact factor
Other non-core practices
Journals with/without issues Journals with/without pagination per
volume Selling subscriptions, licensing APCs Publishing journals Publishing books
Final comments/thoughts
We still need standards! Measure emerging non-core practices on
the basis of how well they support the core values/core of scholarly communications and scientific endeavor.
Be aware of these core values; they are driving your career.
Are we confusing any non-core practices with core values? As publishers, as researchers, as administrators.
Open access publishers are conservative people who are looking to drive progress.
