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1. The SOAP Symposium – III Open Access Publishing Today: What scientists do and why Suenje Dallmeier-Tiessen, Robert Darby, Bettina Goerner, Jenni Hyppoelae, Peter Igo-Kemenes, Deborah Kahn, Simon Lambert, Anja Lengenfelder, Chris Leonard, Salvatore Mele, Malgorzata Nowicka, Panayiota Polydoratou, David Ross, Sergio Ruiz-Perez, Ralf Schimmer, Mark Swaisland and Wim van der Stelt BMC, CERN, MPDL, SAGE, Springer and STFC Presented by Salvatore MELE, CERN SOAP Symposium, January 13th, 2011, Berlin project-soap.eu

2. Outline Why do scholars publish OA? What about fees? How much do scholars pay to publish OA ? How do they pay ? How much are they ready to pay ? Why don’t scholars publish OA? What should be changed? Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 2

4. Remember… About 10% of scholarly articles are published in Open Access journals… Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 4

5. Why did you publish OA? A follow-up survey (n = 2’594 – 2’664) Irrelevant Less Important Extremely important important Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 5

6. Why did you publish OA? Scientists who paid fees to publish OA (n = 1,143 – 1,159) Irrelevant Less Important Extremely important important Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 6

7. Why did you publish OA? Scientists who did not pay fees to publish OA (n = 1,451 – 1,505) Irrelevant Less Important Extremely important important Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 7

10. Which fee did you pay for your last OA article? (n=22,977) Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 10

11. Which fee did you pay for your last OA article? (n=22,977) Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 11

12. Why did you not pay to publish OA? A follow-up survey (n = 1,786) Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 12

14. How was this fee covered? (n = 9’645) Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 14

15. How was this fee covered? (n = 9’645) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Astronomy and space science Earth sciences Biological sciences Physics and related sciences Mathema>cal and computer sciences Research funding includes Engineering and technology Funding not intended My ins>tu>on paid Psychology I paid myself Chemistry Other Agriculture and related sciences Social sciences Medicine, den>stry and related subjects Business and administra>ve studies Educa>on Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 15

16. How was this fee covered? (n = 9’645) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Korea, South China Japan Singapore Israel United States of America Spain Poland Austria Research funding includes Italy Funding not intended Canada United Kingdom My ins>tu>on paid Finland Germany I paid myself Russia Mexico Other Sweden Portugal Brazil Taiwan Netherlands France India Belgium Switzerland Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 16

17. How easy was it to obtain funds? (n = 8’208) Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 17

18. How easy was it to obtain funds? (n = 8’208) Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 18

19. How easy was it to obtain funds? (n = 8’208) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Industrial/commercial Research ins>tute Easy Government Diﬃcult University or college I have not used these sources Other Hospital or medical school Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 19

20. How easy was it to obtain funds? (n = 8’208) Easy Diﬃcult I have not used these sources 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Japan Korea, South Austria Germany Taiwan Switzerland Netherlands Singapore Finland United States of America China Denmark Belgium France Canada United Kingdom Spain Poland Sweden Israel Italy Brazil Portugal Australia Iran Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 20

22. How much would you pay to publish OA? A follow-up survey (n = 1’280) Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 22

23. How much would you pay to publish OA? Those who published and easily paid fees (n=454) Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 23

24. How much would you pay to publish OA? Those who published & paid fees with difficulty (n=666) 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% I would not accept any fee Less than €50 ($65) €50 -‐ €100 ($65 -‐ $130) €100 -‐ €300 ($130 -‐ $390) €300 -‐ €500 ($390 -‐ $650) €500 -‐ €1000 ($650 -‐ $1300) €1000 -‐ €2000 ($1300 -‐ $2600) More than €2000 ($2600) Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 24

25. How much would you pay to publish OA? Medicine and related subjects (n=411)

26. How much would you pay to publish OA? Earth sciences (n=81)

27. How much would you pay to publish OA? Biological sciences (n=411)

28. Remember… About 10% of scholarly articles are published in Open Access journals… …but about 90% of scholars think Open Access is beneficial Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 28

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31. Was there a reason not to publish OA? 42% gave a reason; 5’000 answers; 60’000 words Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 31

32. Was there a reason not to publish OA? (n = 4’976) Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 32

33. Was there a reason not to publish OA? (n = 4’976) Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 33

34. Do demand and supply for high Impact- Factor OA journals match? Does not publish because of “quality”=20% Does not publish because of “quality”=23% Does not publish because of “quality”=32% Does not publish because of “quality”=39% Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 34

36. What should be changed for scientists to publish OA ? (n = 1’060 – 1’077) Quality or pres>ge of OA journal Impact factor Waivers or no fees Publisher reputa>on More good OA journals in my ﬁeld Lower publica>on fees OA journal count for career Faster publica>on process Journal converted to OA Ease to obtain funds to pay fees Recommenda>on from colleagues Irrelevant Less Important Extremely important important Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 36

37. Summary Gap between beliefs and actions: Major limitation: (perceived) lack of high-quality OA journals Major barrier: fees and funding Sizable country-by-country and discipline- by-discipline difference One size does not fit all ! Salvatore MELE | CERN SOAP Symposium 37

38. Thank you! Project team: info@project-soap.eu Project co-ordinator: Salvatore.Mele@cern.ch Website: http://soap-fp7.eu project-soap.eu

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