Ubiquity Press was spun out of UCL in 2012 as a researcher-led, privately owned, for-profit open access publisher. It uses an open source platform and operates under an open access, open source model without exclusive bundling or contract lock-ins. It has over 30 partner presses and libraries and is community driven with institutional customers and a steering board.

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Researcher-led, spun out of UCL in 2012
… to be commercially viable to compete effectively
with large publishers
… to be able to grow and build a top team,
independently of funding
Privately-owned, for-profit:
Over 30 partner presses and libraries

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100% OPEN ACCESS
100% OPEN SOURCE
Community Charter
NO EXCLUSIVE BUNDLING

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Personal experience
The large legacy publishers do not operate in the
public interest.
1. As an employee of a legacy publisher
2. As a researcher at a university
3. As an open publisher
This perspective comes from three sources:

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The Social Contract of Academia
• Validation
• Dissemination
• Further development
Scientific Malpractice
• Data, software, hardware,
wetware…
• Results
Source: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/2003-05-01
Unconditionally Open

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Open Source at Our Core
PubSweet
= no platform lock-in
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Journals
Books
Repositories
Conferences
Presses
= no contract lock-in

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Institutional customers
Must demonstrate community
values and provide guarantees
Determine who we will integrate
and work with
STEERING BOARD
Verify that charter is upheld in
significant investment or acquisition
PARTNERSHIP RULES
Community Driven