Open Access is Just the Beginning: Disrupting Publishing
Open Access is Just the Beginning:
Disrupting Publishing
Open Access Roadshow, University of Leeds, October 15th 2014
Brian Hole, Founder and CEO
brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com www.ubiquitypress.com / @ubiquitypress
About Ubiquity Press
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.
Background
brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com www.ubiquitypress.com / @ubiquitypress
Mission
Spun out of University College London in 2012
Researcher-led
50+ years publishing experience
(BioMed Central, PLoS, Elsevier, IoP)
Current staff of 13, office in London
Comprehensive approach: journals,
books, data, software, wetware…
The Social Contract
of Science
• Dissemination
• Validation
• Further development
Scientific Malpractice
• Results
• Data
• Software
• Hardware, wetware…
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Research integrity
Full anti-plagiarism checking
Rigorous peer review
Editorial guidance and training
Provision for open peer review
COPE membership for all editors
Close links with university’s ethics committee
Provision for open research data and software
archiving with all publications
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An Inclusive Partnership Model
Aim is to help each
member become more
independently
sustainable over time
Developing country
presses with 100%
waivers to begin with
Simple hosting models,
for cases where APCs
are not viable
TJ Gehling, ‘Formation flying’ (CC-BY) https://flic.kr/p/gM84Rh
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For any questions, please contact
brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com
More information
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
brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com www.ubiquitypress.com / @ubiquitypress
Editor's Notes
This is for Stuart from the Royal Society
All factors of successful data publication
Need to ensure authors motivated
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concerns about also possibility of submission fees
societites should break down their part of the fee
The Ubiquity Network:
Access to a large peer review pool (100,000+)
Content cascading
Editor sourcing
Flying in in organised formation is 70% more efficient than flying solo.
Often when a bird falls out of formation, others stay back with it until it can catch up.
No bird gets left behind.