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Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Open Access Journal Publishing in the Social Sciences
Lesson learned and questions answered
Lucy Robinson, Executive Publisher
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
In this session..
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
First, a little about me..
● Editorial● Nearly two decades● 150 to over 700 journals● Print to online● The journal to the article● Single to bundle subscriptions, to author pays
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
SAGE and Open Access
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Why SAGE Open?
● Dramatic growth in OA market● World’s leading Social Science publisher● The first HSS “mega journal” ● Supporting and nurturing interdisciplinary research● The Campaign for Social Science and social science research● Independent – long term view, the HSS funding challenge● Premier destination for high quality OA research in HSS
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
What APC in HSS?
$195 $395
$99SAGE Open survey: Over 70% constituted personal payments
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
$ Price point monthly submissions data
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
SAGE Open: Facts and stats
● Open for submissions end of 2010● Launched April 2011 with 6 papers● Over 1700 submissions from 78 countries to date● 1500 projected submissions in 2013● 185 articles published to date● Nearly 300,000 Downloads
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Published articles to date..
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
The challenge of HSS OA infancy..
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Lessons in revisions and decisions..
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
How many Editors & Reviewers?
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Marketing SAGE Open
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Lessons in marketing SAGE Open..
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Who are our authors?
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
What do we know about them?
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
What do we know about them? (cont.)
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Are we succeeding in being “full spectrum”?
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Top subjects for submissions
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
What about our readers?
Source Visits Pages/Visit1 online.sagepub.com 8,031 2.952 sagepub.com 3,548 4.033 surveys.sagepublications.com 3,506 3.254 sageopen.com 3,224 3.065 facebook.com 2,341 2.486 uk.sagepub.com 2,046 3.397 highwire.stanford.edu 1,496 3.518 36ohk6dgmcd1n-c.c.yom.mail.yahoo.net 1,076 3.19 as.exeter.ac.uk 1,032 2.73
10 t.co [twitter] 864 1.92
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Platform analytics and Future Development
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Visitor Flows..
● 47% start with content page
● 38% start with home page
● 72% drop off after start page
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
SAGE Open todaySJ Nav
SAGE Open Nav
Comments & Ratings
Related Content
Social Share
Article usage
Email Share
AlertsRelated Content
Citation download
Alerts
Submissions
One click keyword search
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Feature and Usability Findings..
● On Journal Home Page• About, Subject browse, Latest Articles• Most Read, and Most Cited
● On Article Home Page• Majority go to content and leave• Subject browse, and Home on nav• Most used features are Email, Usage Statistics, and
Citation Manager• Little interest in comments and star rankings
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Wireframe Option 2
Open Access and SAGE Los Angeles | London | New DelhiSingapore | Washington DC
Thanks for listenening..
Questions?