Ubiquity Press, founded in 2012 and spurred from University College London, aims to empower universities, libraries, and researchers by providing a comprehensive open access publishing infrastructure to compete with traditional publishers. They focus on transparency in pricing, rigorous peer review, and the inclusion of all research objects, alongside a commitment to research integrity and support for open data and software. Their services include publishing journals, books, conferences, and providing editorial guidance and training.

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Researcher-led Open Access Publishing
Brian Hole, Founder and CEO Purdue, October 26th 2017

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a short history
of ubiquity press

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To return control of publishing to universities, libraries 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
 120+ years publishing experience
(BioMed Central, PLOS, Elsevier etc.)
 Current staff of 25, head office in London,
US office in Berkeley
 Comprehensive approach: journals,
books, conferences, repositories, data, software, wetware…

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The Social Contract
of Science
• Validation
• Dissemination
• Further development
Scientific Malpractice
• Data
• Results
• Software
• Hardware, wetware…
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Source: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2015

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Source: Washington Post, May 7 2013 / Imgur: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/07/map-more-
than-half-of-humanity-lives-within-this-circle/

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Source: Nature News, 20 April 2011, DOI: 10.1038/472276a

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We’re not there
yet

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journals

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Journals: transparent pricing, APC $500 (HSS) or $600 (STEM)

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Journals: 2014

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Journals: 2015

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Journals: 2016

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Publishing all research objects

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books

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Books: fully open, fairly priced

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Rua: Full book production workflow

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conferences

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Ubiquity conference systems: publication-centric

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partner presses

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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 society’s ethics
committee
Research integrity

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Bangla LAM
Nep Mongolia

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No bird left behind!

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