Deborah Kahn, Publishing Director
London, 9 May 2013
Welcome to the 4th Annual BioMed Central Editors’ Conference
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Aims of the day
• An opportunity for Editors of journals published by BioMed Central to:
- Hear an update on Open Access generally and on what is happening at BioMed Central
- Meet fellow Editors and discuss issues of mutual importance
- Meet with BioMed Central contacts
• A warm welcome to BMC Series Section Editors who are joining us for the first time
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• 60+ open access journals spanning biology and medicine with over 2000 submissions per month. As a group the journals function as a ‘megajournal’.
• Aim is to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge with less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.
• Section Editors and Associate Editors handle peer review, facilitated by an in-house Executive Editor, and Journal Editorial Office support
The BMC Series
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Broader interest titles within the BMC series publishing peer-reviewed research, commentaries, reviews, opinion pieces and Q&As that are of special importance and broad interest in any area of biology and medicine.
Dedicated in-house Editorial teams
In the top 10 general medical (9th) and biology (6th) categories of the JCR.
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‘Independent journals’
• Academic and clinical Editors-in-Chief
• Growing number of society journals
• Some leading journals within their fields – e.g. Malaria Journal; Retrovirology,
Veterinary Research
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Towards painless publishing: Journal cascades
Flagships
Subject-specific
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BMC Research Notes
BMC series Independent Journals
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Overall open access market growth: fully open access journals
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Across all subject areas
Source: Anatomy of open access publishing: a study of longitudinal development and internal structure, Mikael Laakso and Bo-Christer Björk ,
BMC Medicine, 2012, 10: 124
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Growing “open access share” in Web of Science
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Number of BioMed Central journals with Impact Factors
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• Technology
• Author and Editor Satisfaction
• Ensuring that the market is aware of our quality content
BioMed Central Strategic Focus
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Editor satisfaction
Comparison of Editors Survey 2011 to 2012: Average Rating
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Comparison of Editors Survey 2011 to 2012: Breakdown
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• Dedicated Journal Development Editor
• Editors’ Advisory Group
• Senior Contact Network
• New Editors Home being developed
• Editor training course being developed
Responding to Editors’ needs
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• Significantly streamlines the process of pre-publication and production making the overall process faster and less cumbersome
• Offers variations on production routes
• Author version then final version
• Final version only
• Offers various copyediting levels
• Options for controlling publication dates, or linking related articles so they travel through the publication process together
New Production Process
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Author satisfaction
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• Biome
• Conferences
• Research Awards
• Improved marketing
Ensuring that the market is aware of our quality content
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Research highlights, comment & community news in biology & medicine
• Research synopses & author Q&As
• Comment & analysis
• Spotlight on the research community
www.biomedcentral.com/biome
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Conferences
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BioMed Central Research Awards – 10 categories
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• Ideas, comments, feedback
• We look forward to continuing to work with our Editors-in-Chief to improve our journals and the service we deliver.
We want to hear from you
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