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Journal Publishing for EditorsAttaining excellence in scholarly publishing
Presented by: Amy Shapiro, Publisher, Elsevier San Diego, USA Location: MexicoDate: September 2012
Agenda
Introduction to Scholarly Publishing
Scholarly Publishing in Mexico
Improving the Quality of Scientific Journals
Bibliometrics
What do publishers do?
How do publisher contributions help to improve the science and health communities?
Universal Access
Content Innovation
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Introduction to Scholarly Publishing
Scientific, technical and medical communities around the world are united through STM publishing
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2,000 STM Publishers
20,000 Peer-Reviewed Journals
1.4 million Peer-Reviewed Articles
Scholarly Publishing Today
Publishers support the greater scientific and health communities
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Elsevier’s Global Publishing Network
7,000 editors
70,000 editorial board members
300,000+ referees
600,000+ authors
Researchers
Health Practitioners
Faculty & Students
Pharma Companies
Librarians
Societies
Engineers
Professionals
Who We Serve
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Solicit and manage submissions
Manage peer review
Production
Publish and disseminate
Edit and prepare
Archive and promote
1,000 new editors per year18 new journals per year 800,000+ article submissions per year
300,000 referees1.6 million referee
reports per year
7,000 editors70,000 editorial board
members6.5 million
author/publisher communications per year
220,000+ new articles produced per year180 years of back issues scanned, processed and data-
tagged
10 million researchers
4,500+ institutions180+ countries480 million+
downloads per year
2.5 million print pages per year
9 million articles now available
Organise editorial boardsLaunch new specialist
journals
40%-90% of articles rejected
Journal Publishing Cycle
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Electronic Journal Platforms like Elsevier’s ScienceDirect improve online dissemination
and access
Traditional Print Journals
Methods of Publication Dissemination
• Abstract & Index Databases • Scientific Search Engines• Patient Use • Point of Care Decision Making
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Users can identify if they are a patient in need of medical information after searching for an
article
Promoting Research Information Use
Universal Access1. Universal Access
We exist to disseminate information We will identify where remaining gaps exist and find viable mechanisms to close them We will use a combination of different models to enable this access We believe subscription and open access publishing can co-exist
2. Quality Peer review provides essential quality controls and we remain committed to enabling it We will invest to innovate in technologies that increase researchers’ productivity
3. Sustainability Journal publishers invest heavily to deliver a well-functioning communications system upon
which society depends Access and dissemination mechanisms must ensure that these investments can be recovered. System must also be sustainable for those who fund it therefore we aim to increase efficiency
and value-for-money
We support all mechanisms to achieve sustainable universal access to quality content
Where Are We Now?
We Are Working on Closing the Gap
SMEsn=134
Large corporaten=74
All non-corporaten=765
University/Collegen=458
Percentage rating access to original research articles in journals ‘very easy’ or ‘fairly easy’
Different scientific communities have different requirements. We’re experimenting in all areas of Universal Access to see what offers sustainable options while maintaining the quality provided by peer review.
Open Access
•Open Access Journals•Free Access to Journal Archive•Manuscript Posting•Sponsored access (Hybrid model)
Free-at-the-point-of-use
•Promotional Access•Production & Hosting journals•Controlled Circulation•Society funded•Conference sponsored material (incl. Procedia)•Supplements
Information Philanthropy
•Patient Inform•Research 4 Life
Transactions
•Pay Per View•Corporate Access•Application Marketplace
Subscriptions
•Freedom Collections•Subject Collections•Walk-in Policy
Lending & Rental Options•Deep Dyve•ILL•Document Delivery
Universal Access
Global Expansion of Scientific Research
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Preservation & Archiving2nd official archive
2-year Pilot Study
Publishers establish 3rd-party archives:
Elsevier with the National Library of the Netherlands
In addition to traditional print archives, publishers are partnering to create multiple distributed electronic archives for posterity
Publishers are developing similar arrangements with
other organizations
1st official archive
Digital Content
Increase in types of research output: articles, data, code, video, audio, etc.
Readers’ habits for digesting information are evolving New technologies to exchange information
From “print science” to “electronic science”
From Print to Online Publication
Large scale increase (from a few to 23,000+ journals)Electronic delivery is quicker and more efficientBetter discoverability, easier access (~600M hits on SD in 2010)Experiments with increased navigation (hyperlinks in PDF) and
richer content (video)
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Article of the Future: MissionTo enhance the online article so that it allows researchers to optimally communicate scientific research in all (digital) dimensions:
Support authors by giving them the best possible place to disseminate their results and express their research
Increase value to readers by providing an environment that offers an optimal reading experience and makes it possible to build deep insights fast
Article of the Future: Approach and Timeline
Approach:Involved researchers through interviews, workshops, forums,
surveys, etc. Over 800 people provided feedbackFocused on domain-specific enhancements - one size does not fit
all!The Article of the Future is a framework rather than a solution – we
want continuous enhancement by specific applications, database links, and other features
Timeline:2009: started with Cell Press2010/2011: expanded to other fields, 13 prototypes on
www.articleofthefuture.comJan 2012: first phase of ScienceDirect roll-out (left and middle panes)
Affects all online HTML articles (1996+) retroactivelyMid 2012: second phase (right pane)Ongoing: further domain-specific innovations
Article of the Future: Presentation, Content, and Context
Three components of the Article of the Future concept: Presentation: Offering an optimal online browsing and reading experience Content: Support authors to share a wider range of research output – data,
computer code, multimedia files, etc. Context: Connecting the online article to trustworthy scientific resources to
present valuable additional informationin the context of the article
Improving the Online Experience
PDF-Like text
Task based browsing
Links to external sources
Easy Navigation
SciVerse ApplicationsImprove and customize the functionality of your ScienceDirect and Scopus accounts
Visit www.applications.sciverse.com to browse the list of available applications
Recent UpdatesSpecial issue information displayed in right pane Title of the special issue Listing of special issue editors, and Titles of the first five other articles in the special issue, including their author name(s),
with an option to view more information about each article
Figures can now be downloaded to PowerPoint slides Functionality has now been introduced which enables the downloading of figures,
including the reference details of the article, to PowerPoint slides.
CrossMark widget introduced as of September Papers will include a CrossMark widget on ScienceDirect to indicate to librarians and
researchers that the content they bought or are reading is maintained by Elsevier and can therefore be trusted to be up to date. Readers can simply click on the CrossMark widget on a PDF or in HTML documents, and a status box will tell them if the document is current or if an update is available.
Questions?
Article output
Citations
Regional rankings
Scholarly Publishing in Mexico
Scholarly Publishing in Mexico
Articles published in Mexico
Source: Scopus
year
Article Citations in Mexico
Source: Scimago SJR, powered by Scopus
Non-self Cites: 77,95%
Publication Figures in MexicoPublisher Data within Country
Publisher Articles Article Share Citations InfluenceAverage Citations
Field Weighted Impact
ELSEVIER 4567 22.36 % 10686 33.47 % 2.34 1.13
Springer 2477 12.12 % 2701 8.46 % 1.09 0.66
Wiley-Blackwell 1727 8.45 % 3787 11.86 % 2.19 1.01
American Institute of Physics
649 3.18 % 522 1.64 % 0.80 0.80
Taylor & Francis 633 3.10 % 562 1.76 % 0.89 0.50
IEEE 514 2.52 % 454 1.42 % 0.88 1.08
American Physical Society
463 2.27 % 456 1.43 % 0.98 0.67
American Chemical Society
394 1.93 % 1207 3.78 % 3.06 1.43
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
359 1.76 % 162 0.51 % 0.45 0.25
Institute of Physics Publishing
356 1.74 % 339 1.06 % 0.95 0.57
Source: Scopus
Publication spread over discipline (Mexico)
Regional Publication Growth Comparison
Source: Scimago SJR, powered by Scopus
Citations per Article Comparison
Source: Scimago SJR, powered by Scopus
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Questions?
Improving the Quality of Scientific Journals
How do Authors Choose a Journal?
Impact Factor
Reputation
Editorial Standard
Publication speed
Access to Audience
International Coverage
Self Evaluation
A&I Coverage
Society Link
Track Record
Quality/Colour Illustrations
Service Elements, e.g. author instructions, quality of proofs, reprints, etc
Experience as Referee
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Marginal Factors:
Which Journal?
Key Factors:
Which Category?Journal Hierarchy
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What matters most to Authors?
Data from 36,188 Authors; 0= unimportant10= very important
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QUALITY&SPEED
Role of the Journal Editor Public face of the journal
Sets editorial policies with consultation from publisher and editorial board
Final decision on papers (type and standards)
Manages the peer review process
The Refereeing Process Independent refereeing of submitted manuscripts is critical to the scientific
publishing process in validating the quality of a piece of work.
Referees provide• an objective assessment of a submission, and recommend whether a piece of
work advances the field sufficiently to warrant publication
Referees• Consider relevance and novelty of the research• Check whether the relevant work is cited and discussed as appropriate• Check that the methodology is appropriate and properly described• Evaluate if the conclusions are supported by the results reported• Evaluate the statistical analyses • Ensure that the paper is unambiguous and comprehensible even if the
English is not perfect
The Referee recommends, the Editor decides
Role of the Publisher Brand management
Acquisition of content
Monitor research trends
Monitor editorial office efficiency and efficacy
Business management
Production and online hosting
Sales and marketing
Advantages of an A&I database
Coverage in ScopusMinimum criteria for coverage:
The title should have peer reviewed content
The title should be published on a regular basis (have a ISSN number that has been registered with the International ISSN Centre)
The content should be relevant and readable for an international audience (for example have English language abstracts and references in Roman script)
The title should have a publication ethics and publication malpractice statement
Influencing the Impact Metrics
Attract the best authors
Find the best referees
Have an efficient review process with short turnaround times
Commission invited/review articles
Claim “hot” areas in your discipline that are not currently “owned” by other journals by publishing a thematic issue on it
Influencing the impact metricsDO Publish fewer papers Publish more (invited) reviews Publish more special/topical issues (invited authors) Publish Invited works and special/topical issues
earlier in year (longer citation window)
DON’T Require citations to your journal Write editorials about your journal’s articles
just to cite them
Scopus Journal Analyzer
Top-cited Papers
Are there certain topics that seem to get cited a lot?
Non-cited papers
Can you distinguish any trends in the articles that do not get cited?
Impact Factor
SJR and SNIP
H-Index
Bibliometrics Primer
Impact Factor
[Citations in a given year to articles published in the previous 2 years]
For example, the 2011 impact factor for a journal would be calculated as follows:• A = the number of times articles published in 2009 and 2010 were cited
in indexed journals during 2011• B = the number of "citable items" (usually articles, reviews, proceedings
or notes; not editorials and letters-to-the-Editor) published in 2009 and 2010
• 2011 impact factor = A/B
• e.g. 600 citations = 2
150 + 150 articles
The Impact Factor (IF)
IF Pros and Cons
Scimago Journal Ranking (SJR)
SJR Pros and Cons
PROS Differentiates between prestige of citations Free (via Scopus) to subscribers and non –
subscribers Only peer reviewed articles count as cited or
citing (transparent sources)CONS More difficult to explain/understand than IF Does not allow comparisons between disciplines Does not differentiate “negative” citations
SNIP
SNIP Pros and ConsPROS Does not disadvantage smaller or slower-moving
fields Free (via Scopus) to subscribers and non –
subscribers Only peer reviewed articles count as cited or citing
(transparent sources)
CONS More difficult to explain/understand than IF Does not differentiate between prestige of citations Does not differentiate “negative” citations
Comparing the ranking of top journals
What is the h Index? Measure proposed in 2005 by the physicist Jorge E. Hirsch.
Rates a scientist’s performance based on their career publications, as measured by the lifetime number of citations each article receives.
Depends on both quantity (number of publications) and quality (number of citations) of a scientist’s publications.
If you list all a scientist’s publications in descending order of the number of citations received to date, their h-index is the highest number of their papers, h, that have each received at least h citations. So, their h-index is 10 if 10 papers have each received at least 10 citations; their h-index is 81 if 81 papers have each received at least 81 citations. Their h-index is 1 if all of their papers have each received 1 citation, but also if only 1 of all their papers has received any citations – and so on..
h Index
h Index Pros and ConsPROS Based on citations to author’s corpus, not journal Credits quantity as well as quality of corpus Free Easy to understand and calculate
CONS Can be biased against young researchers Can be biased against lower volume authors Does not differentiate negative citations Does not differentiate or weight citing source Does not address differences per field Includes self citations
Questions?
Thank you!
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Amy Shapiro
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