The Transformation of Academic Publishing

Peter Binfield, Publisher PLoSpbinfield@plos.org

@p_binfield

Today…

25,000 JournalsPublishing 1.5 million papers per year

Mainly in ‘closed access’, subscription titles

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Of course, it is about Access…What is Open Access?

Free, immediate access Deposition in a digital public archive Unrestricted reuse

But really it is about re-use

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Our Key Innovation – The editorial process

PLoS ONE Published Articles(per quarter, since launch)

2011: 14,000 articles.~1.5% of ALL Scientific

Literature

2010: 6,700 articles.Largest journal in

the World

2007: 1,200 articles.> 99.7% of all journals

in the World

The Dawn of the OpenAccess MegaJournal

Today…

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Tomorrow?PLoSONE

ALL

OTHER

OA

JOURNALS

Scientific Reports

BMJ Open

AIPAdvances

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Peter Binfield, Publisher, PLoS ONE

pbinfield@plos.org@p_binfield