Research and Scientific Publishingin Iran

Dr Chris BendallSenior Editor Springer Middle Eastchris.bendall@springer.com

• Develop a representative program of the very bestjournals from the region

• Lay the foundations for a growing book programbased on the work of the regions leading scientists

– Cooperate with leading institutions

– Co-publish Journals

– Co-publish Book Series

– Provide editorial support

• Author Workshops

• Publishing infrastructure

• Professional publishing experience

Springer – Facts & Figures

Springer – Facts & Figures

• Leading global scientific publisher in STM

• More than 165 years in academic publishing – founded 1842

• Approximately 5,000 employees around the world

• SpringerLink serves 600 consortia customers and more than 35,000 institutions worldwide

• Product range across all media for high-quality content (books, journals, newsletters, CD-

ROMs, online platforms, databases and conferences)

• Some 2,000 journals and more than 6,500 new book titles every year in the STM sector;

backlist of more than 70,000 titles - more than 40,000 eBook titles available on

www.springerlink.com

• 21.6% of Nobel prize winners are Springer authors (150 + authors, 6 Springer Nobel Prize

Winners in 2010! MEDICINE Robert G. Edwards, PHYSICS Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov,

CHEMISTRY Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi, Akira Suzuki)

OUP

WK Health

CUP

Sage

Wiley-Blackwell

Informa

Elsevier

Springer

MedicineScience & TechnologySocial Sciences & Humanities

Number of English-Language Journals Published in 2011

(English-language academic/scholarly journals only; Springer including BioMed Central, Springer Medicine and Springer Fachmedien)

2,039

1,904

1,707

1,444

572

268

252

241 WK Health

Sage

Wiley-Blackwell

Elsevier

Palgrave Macmillan

CUP

OUP

Informa

Springer

MedicineScience & TechnologySocial Sciences & Humanities

(Data from www.puballey.com; if a book is published simultaneously in hard-and paperback editions, only the hardback edition was included)

3,959

3,408

2,459

1,260

1,274

1,201

1,566

779

327

Number of English-Language Book Titles Published in 2009

Agenda

• eFirst Publishing

• Open Access

• Science in Iran

eFirst Publishing

eFirst

• Publishers started providing access to electronic journal collections in the mid 1990‘s

• Springerlink.com: the powerful central access point for researchers in Science, Technology and Medicine, containing more than 4.9 million high quality documents

• As of 2005 all new Springer books are also published as ebooks

Springerlink.com

• The first phase is now almost complete as Springer moves to put everything it everpublished online (www.springerlink.com )

• 2000+ journals

• 6500 new books every year

• More than 40000 ebook titles

• Book Archive

• More then 70000 titles available for digitisation

SpringerLink serves 600 consortia and more than 35,000 institutions worldwide

SpringerLink.com –integrated platform for eJournals & eBooks

SpringerLink eBooks are compatible with mobile readers

Content Strategies

Introduction of New Product Types: Springer Briefs

• 50-125 pages long

• Organized in focused series

• Providing a format for publishing ideas somewhere between a research article and a book

SpringerLink Total Usage: eJournals & eBooks 2005-09

SpringerLink Usage: 2005-09 2009 Downloads:

• Journals: +19% to 109 million

• eBooks: +36% to 56 million

Total Usage: 24% increase to 165 million article/chapter downloads in 2009!

ebook Strategy Moving Forward

Publishing Objective: Use the Springer e-Book Advantage to Grow Content

Springer ebook Strategy:

– Quality: you are in good company

– Global reach = Global influence

– Speed: get your ideas out there quickly

– Styles: no limit to the way you organize your information

– Formats: state-of-the-art online e-book platform; PTO print technology; MyCopy; Mobile Devices

Springer is ahead of our competitors as a book publisher!

Open access

What is Open Access?The article is universally and freely accessible via the Internet, in an easily readable

format and deposited immediately upon publication, without embargo.

Copyright remains with the author

Creative Commons “The author or copyright owner irrevocably grants to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate the research article in its entirety or in part.”

The publication fees are covered by the author or by research funds.

No subscription fees are paid by the libraries.

Fully open access journals

Source: http://www.doaj.org/

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200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

Source: http://www.doaj.org/

Fully open access journals

Open access to research output is becoming mandatory

Open access mandates

Source: http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/c_6226/open-access-policies-for-universities-and-research-institutions?hlText=policies

Science in Iran

The Islamic Golden Age — a period that spannedthe 7th to the 13th centuries A.D. — saw aflourishing of scholarship in the Umayyad andAbbasid Caliphates

the Golden Age is now understood by scholars tohave laid the foundations of modern sciencehundreds of years before the ScientificRevolution that began in Europe in the 16th

century.

The Islamic Golden Age produced importantempirical discoveries in optics, astronomy,chemistry, mathematics (including the inventionof algebra) and medicine

Muslim doctors even invented a form of medicalpeer review, in which visiting physicians filedtheir patient case notes with a panel of localdoctors, who then reviewed the standard ofcare

The Islamic Golden Age

Source: Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge SM

Emerging Knowledge Economies

Source: Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge SM

Regional Comparison of Output

R&D spending picks up after cuts during the recession, continued strong growth in Asia

Source: R&D Magazine: Global 2011 R&D Funding Forecast

Global R&D Spending

$433 $447 $458

2009 2010 2011

Growth 2011:

Americas: 3%USA: 2%

Europe: 3%UK: 2%France: 2%Germany: 2%

Asia: 5%China: 9%India: 8%Japan: -1%

$267 $269 $277

2009 2010 2011

$373 $400 $421

2009 2010 2011

Americas3% CAGR

Europe2% CAGR

Asia6% CAGR

$ in billions

$200

Business R&D

Iran – Global Share of Research Output (% world papers on Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge)

Field PercentEngineering 1.71Chemistry 1.68Materials Sciences 1.19Agriculture 1.19Mathematics 1.16Pharmacy 1.05Plant & Animal Sciences 0.93Computer Sciences 0.79Physics 0.76Medicine 0.60All fields 0.87

Partnerships in Iran

Treat Topics of Regional Importance and of International Interest

Factors for Success– International Diversity: Authors, editors, editorial advisory board members?

– Does the journal offer a different perspective or focus that is relevant to you?

– Does journal reflect the global context in which scientific research takes place?

– If a regional journal, how does it compare with other journals from the same area? Will it enrich coverage in a subject or provide a regional perspective?

– Peer review system and International editorial conventions

– English language

– Drive Citations

– Low Self-Citation Rate

– Timeliness of publication

What Makes a Good Journal?

Aim: Globally recognised and respected journals

Measuring Quality

Impact Factor Calculation

2012 Impact Factor:

Cites in 2011 to items published in 2010 + 2009

Total 2010 + 2009 Articles

Where do we Publish?

ISI Impact Factors calculated from the monitoring of ~8000 journals

SCOPUS Impact Factors calculated from the monitoring of ~16000 journals

• Quality Control

• Professional Publishing Services

• State of the Art Technology

• Global Marketing

• Enhanced Findability

Scientific Publishing: Driving Progress

Our Aim

To publish your sceintific achievments, quickly, professionally and make them availableto as many other scientists around the world as possible

Thank you

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