Wearing ‘open’ on your sleeve

Jon Tennant - @protohedgehogImperial College London

Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog

Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog

Why is open access so complicated?

•Librarians: serials crisis•Researchers: more visibility•Economists: helps small businesses•Activists: it’s a moral issue•Publishers: money money money•Funders: money money money•Policymakers: have to resolve all of this

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Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog

How much does publishing cost?• Max Planck estimate ~8.4bn euros a year paid for by institutes• Research Information Network (2008)

“We estimate that the global cost each year of undertaking and communicating the results of research reported in journal articles is £175bn, made up of £116bn for the costs of the research itself; £25bn for publication, distribution and access to the articles; and £34bn for reading them.”

MPDI: http://pubman.mpdl.mpg.de/pubman/faces/viewItemOverviewPage.jsp?itemId=escidoc:2148961RIN: http://www.rin.ac.uk/system/files/attachments/Activites-costs-flows-report.pdf

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We spend 1/3 of the total global research budget on publishing & communicating results that 99% of people cannot access.

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http://whyopenresearch.org/

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Open access gets you funding

Source: http://roarmap.eprints.org/

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•VSNU caved to Elsevier and Wiley•UK Government spending millions•SciELO dominating Latin America•Battlefield in USA (CHORUS vs FASTR)•Check policies: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/index.php

http://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/news-items.html/nieuwsbericht/241http://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/news-items.html/nieuwsbericht/243http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/openaccess/http://www.scielo.br/http://sparcopen.org/our-work/fastr/

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Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog

Pathways to open access

• “Gold” – instantaneous access at point of publishing• “Green” – Author

archives a copy themselves

http://www.righttoresearch.org/resources/OpenResearchGlossary/index.shtmlSource: mysterious and unknown..

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Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog

Why open access matters most to early career researchers

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Why open access matters most to early career researchers• 46/70 papers found a citation advantage for OA papers• Get yourself noticed!

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http://sparceurope.org/oaca/ http://whyopenresearch.org/

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http://whyopenresearch.org/

Pre-prints – good or bad?

http://whyopenresearch.org/

Rapid communication, greater exposure

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Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog

Open Data: get citations

http://whyopenresearch.org/

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False dichotomies?•“I can pick open, or pick my career..”•Have cake, eat it!

•Know your rights! • “I can’t afford open

access..”

http://www.sparc.arl.org/sites/default/files/SPARC_AuthorRights2006_0.pdf

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Publish where you want!

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.php

• Check your pre-print privilege• ArXiv, BioRxiv, Zenodo,

SSRN, PeerJ Preprints, Figshare – all free!• It’s your work – publish

where you want

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How to wear open on your sleeve•Work with your colleagues – engage, don’t force•Start or join a local discussion group•Become informed and join debates•Practice what you preach• Join the OpenCon community

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http://www.opencon2015.org/

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Open access is so much more than just making research papers free

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Michael Eisen, CC-BY

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Summary

•Everyone benefits from open access•Open access wins all the arguments, all the time•Equip yourself with the knowledge you need to make informed decisions about open•And then wear it on your sleeve!

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