This document summarizes a presentation given by Brian Hole, the founder and CEO of Ubiquity Press, about their company and the Ubiquity Partner Network. Ubiquity Press was founded in 2012 to give control of publishing back to universities and researchers by providing infrastructure and support to publish journals, books, and other research outputs. Their mission is to help partners outcompete legacy publishers through an open access model and comprehensive services while ensuring research integrity. They have established a partner network and plugins to enable library-based publishing through collaboration.

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The Ubiquity Partner Network
Library Publishing Forum 2015, Portland Brian Hole, Founder and CEO
Enabling Library-based Publishing

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To return control of publishing to societies, universities and
researchers, providing them with the infrastructure and support
to not only match but to outcompete the legacy publishers.
About Ubiquity Press
Background
Mission
 Spun out of University College London in 2012
 Researcher-led
 50+ years publishing experience
(BioMed Central, PLoS, Elsevier, IoP)
 Current staff of 15, office in London,
next stop California
 Comprehensive approach: journals,
books, data, software, wetware…

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The Social Contract
of Academia
• Validation
• Dissemination
• Further development
Academic Malpractice
• Data
• Results
• Software
• Hardware, wetware…
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WHAT MAKES UP OUR $450 APC?

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Research integrity
Full anti-plagiarism checking
Provision for open research data and software
archiving with all publications
Rigorous peer review
Editorial guidance and training
Provision for open peer review
COPE membership for all editors
Close links with university’s ethics committee

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Peer review, cascading content, teamwork

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The Ubiquity Partner Network

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Ubiquity Partner Plugins

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An Inclusive Partnership Model
Sustainability
“No Bird Left
Behind!”
Simple hosting models,
for cases where APCs
are not viable
TJ Gehling, ‘Formation flying’ (CC-BY) https://flic.kr/p/gM84Rh
Growth
Success
Helping journals and
presses progress
towards:
Sri Lanka Journals
Online

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For any questions, please contact
brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com
Ubiquity Press website: http://www.ubiquitypress.com
Koh, A. 2012. Open Access Ahoy! An Interview with Ubiquity Press. The Chronicle of
Higher Education. Available: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/ubiquity/43312
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