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Open Science: the time is now, the place is Europe

Kamila Markram presented at ESOF 2018, emphasizing the advantages of open access journals, which receive more citations compared to subscription-based ones. Data from SCImago highlights that from 2015-2017, open access journals demonstrated superior citation metrics across various publishers. Furthermore, Frontiers ranks as the fourth most cited publisher, with its journals achieving high percentiles in both impact factor and CiteScore rankings.

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Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Open Science: the time is now, the place is Europe! Kamila Markram, PhD Co-founder & CEO, Frontiers Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne ESOF 2018, July 11th
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Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th 4.2 0.6 0 1 2 3 4 5 Subscription Open Access Articles(2015-17),Millions 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 Subscription Open Access AverageCites(2015-17) Articles Average Citations (1,459 journals)(12,131 journals)(1,459 journals)(12,131 journals) Open Access journals get more cites on average Source: Scimago (2018). Data based on 20 top publishers by volume in 2017. Total document and citation counts are for the 3-year period ending 2017. Publisher and business model assignments based on Scopus, DOAJ and official journal listings on publisher websites. More info and full dataset: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/11/scientific-excellence-at-scale-open-access-journals-have-a-clear-citation-advantage-over-subscription-journals/
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Open Access journals get more cites across publishers 2.7 2.9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 APS OUP ACS Springer Nature Frontiers RSC IOP IEEE PLOS Wiley MDPI Taylor & Francis AIP Elsevier Hindawi CUP Wolters Kluwer Sage Walter de Gruyter SPIE AverageCites(2015-2017) Subscription Open Access Market subscription average Market OA average American Physical Society Oxford University Press American Chemical Society Royal Society of Chemistry American Institute of Physics Source: Scimago (2018). Data based on 20 top publishers by volume in 2017. Total document and citation counts are for the 3-year period ending 2017. Publisher and business model assignments based on Scopus, DOAJ and official journal listings on publisher websites. More info and full dataset: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/11/scientific-excellence-at-scale-open-access-journals-have-a-clear-citation-advantage-over-subscription-journals/
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Open Access journals get more cites across publishers 2.7 2.9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 APS OUP ACS Springer Nature Frontiers RSC IOP IEEE PLOS Wiley MDPI Taylor & Francis AIP Elsevier Hindawi CUP Wolters Kluwer Sage Walter de Gruyter SPIE AverageCites(2015-2017) Subscription Open Access Market subscription average Market OA average Source: Scimago (2018). Data based on 20 top publishers by volume in 2017. Total document and citation counts are for the 3-year period ending 2017. Publisher and business model assignments based on Scopus, DOAJ and official journal listings on publisher websites. More info and full dataset: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/11/scientific-excellence-at-scale-open-access-journals-have-a-clear-citation-advantage-over-subscription-journals/ American Physical Society Oxford University Press American Chemical Society Royal Society of Chemistry American Institute of Physics
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Open Access journals get more cites across publishers 2.7 2.9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 APS OUP ACS Springer Nature Frontiers RSC IOP IEEE PLOS Wiley MDPI Taylor & Francis AIP Elsevier Hindawi CUP Wolters Kluwer Sage Walter de Gruyter SPIE AverageCites(2015-2017) Subscription Open Access Market subscription average Market OA average Source: Scimago (2018). Data based on 20 top publishers by volume in 2017. Total document and citation counts are for the 3-year period ending 2017. Publisher and business model assignments based on Scopus, DOAJ and official journal listings on publisher websites. More info and full dataset: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/11/scientific-excellence-at-scale-open-access-journals-have-a-clear-citation-advantage-over-subscription-journals/ American Physical Society Oxford University Press American Chemical Society Royal Society of Chemistry American Institute of Physics
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Open Access journals get more cites across publishers 2.7 2.9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 APS OUP ACS Springer Nature Frontiers RSC IOP IEEE PLOS Wiley MDPI Taylor & Francis AIP Elsevier Hindawi CUP Wolters Kluwer Sage Walter de Gruyter SPIE AverageCites(2015-2017) Subscription Open Access Market subscription average Market OA average Source: Scimago (2018). Data based on 20 top publishers by volume in 2017. Total document and citation counts are for the 3-year period ending 2017. Publisher and business model assignments based on Scopus, DOAJ and official journal listings on publisher websites. More info and full dataset: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/11/scientific-excellence-at-scale-open-access-journals-have-a-clear-citation-advantage-over-subscription-journals/ American Physical Society Oxford University Press American Chemical Society Royal Society of Chemistry American Institute of Physics
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Open Access journals get more cites across publishers 2.7 2.9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 APS OUP ACS Springer Nature Frontiers RSC IOP IEEE PLOS Wiley MDPI Taylor & Francis AIP Elsevier Hindawi CUP Wolters Kluwer Sage Walter de Gruyter SPIE AverageCites(2015-2017) Subscription Open Access Market subscription average Market OA average Source: Scimago (2018). Data based on 20 top publishers by volume in 2017. Total document and citation counts are for the 3-year period ending 2017. Publisher and business model assignments based on Scopus, DOAJ and official journal listings on publisher websites. More info and full dataset: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/11/scientific-excellence-at-scale-open-access-journals-have-a-clear-citation-advantage-over-subscription-journals/ American Physical Society Oxford University Press American Chemical Society Royal Society of Chemistry American Institute of Physics
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Open Access journals get more cites across publishers 2.7 2.9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 APS OUP ACS Springer Nature Frontiers RSC IOP IEEE PLOS Wiley MDPI Taylor & Francis AIP Elsevier Hindawi CUP Wolters Kluwer Sage Walter de Gruyter SPIE AverageCites(2015-2017) Subscription Open Access Market subscription average Market OA average Source: Scimago (2018). Data based on 20 top publishers by volume in 2017. Total document and citation counts are for the 3-year period ending 2017. Publisher and business model assignments based on Scopus, DOAJ and official journal listings on publisher websites. More info and full dataset: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/11/scientific-excellence-at-scale-open-access-journals-have-a-clear-citation-advantage-over-subscription-journals/ American Physical Society Oxford University Press American Chemical Society Royal Society of Chemistry American Institute of Physics
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Open Access journals get more cites across publishers 2.7 2.9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 APS OUP ACS Springer Nature Frontiers RSC IOP IEEE PLOS Wiley MDPI Taylor & Francis AIP Elsevier Hindawi CUP Wolters Kluwer Sage Walter de Gruyter SPIE AverageCites(2015-2017) Subscription Open Access Market subscription average Market OA average Source: Scimago (2018). Data based on 20 top publishers by volume in 2017. Total document and citation counts are for the 3-year period ending 2017. Publisher and business model assignments based on Scopus, DOAJ and official journal listings on publisher websites. More info and full dataset: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/11/scientific-excellence-at-scale-open-access-journals-have-a-clear-citation-advantage-over-subscription-journals/ American Physical Society Oxford University Press American Chemical Society Royal Society of Chemistry American Institute of Physics
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th 2.7 2.9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 APS OUP ACS Springer Nature Frontiers RSC IOP IEEE PLOS Wiley MDPI Taylor & Francis AIP Elsevier Hindawi CUP Wolters Kluwer Sage Walter de Gruyter SPIE AverageCites(2015-2017) Subscription Open Access Market subscription average Market OA average Open Access journals get more cites across publishers Source: Scimago (2018). Data based on 20 top publishers by volume in 2017. Total document and citation counts are for the 3-year period ending 2017. Publisher and business model assignments based on Scopus, DOAJ and official journal listings on publisher websites. More info and full dataset: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/11/scientific-excellence-at-scale-open-access-journals-have-a-clear-citation-advantage-over-subscription-journals/ American Physical Society Oxford University Press American Chemical Society Royal Society of Chemistry American Institute of Physics
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Frontiers is the 4th most cited publisher 0.83 1.37 1.38 1.65 1.7 1.74 1.92 2.07 2.1 2.16 2.35 3.01 3.1 3.17 3.25 3.64 3.65 3.79 5.01 6.59 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Walter de Gruyter Cambridge University Press Taylor & Francis Hindawi American Institute of Physics Sage IOP Publishing Wolters Kluwer IEEE BMJ Publishing Group Springer Nature Wiley MDPI Elsevier PLOS Oxford University Press Frontiers American Physical Society Royal Society of Chemistry American Chemical Society Average citations #4Most cited (out of the 20 largest) Frontiers Source: Scimago (2018). Data based on 20 top publishers by volume in 2017. Total document and citation counts are for the 3-year period ending 2017. Publisher and business model assignments based on Scopus, DOAJ and official journal listings on publisher websites. More info and full dataset: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/11/scientific-excellence-at-scale-open-access-journals-have-a-clear-citation-advantage-over-subscription-journals/
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Frontiers is the 4th most cited publisher 0.83 1.37 1.38 1.65 1.7 1.74 1.92 2.07 2.1 2.16 2.35 3.01 3.1 3.17 3.25 3.64 3.65 3.79 5.01 6.59 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Walter de Gruyter Cambridge University Press Taylor & Francis Hindawi American Institute of Physics Sage IOP Publishing Wolters Kluwer IEEE BMJ Publishing Group Springer Nature Wiley MDPI Elsevier PLOS Oxford University Press Frontiers American Physical Society Royal Society of Chemistry American Chemical Society Average citations #4Most cited (out of the 20 largest) Frontiers Source: Scimago (2018). Data based on 20 top publishers by volume in 2017. Total document and citation counts are for the 3-year period ending 2017. Publisher and business model assignments based on Scopus, DOAJ and official journal listings on publisher websites. More info and full dataset: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/11/scientific-excellence-at-scale-open-access-journals-have-a-clear-citation-advantage-over-subscription-journals/
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Frontiers open access journals are top cited 2017 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2018) Data Source: 2017 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2018). Displayed is the total number of citations generated in 2017 to articles published in 2015 and 2016. Read also: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/02/impact-factor-scientific-academic-journal-ranking/
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Open access journals are top cited 2017 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2018) Multidisciplinary Science (64 journals) Data Source: 2017 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2018). Displayed is the total number of citations generated in 2017 to articles published in 2015 and 2016. Read also: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/02/impact-factor-scientific-academic-journal-ranking/
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Frontiers journals rank in the top percentiles on Impact Factor 2017 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2018) Data Source: 2017 Journal Citation Reports (JCR, Clarivate Analytics, 2018). Journals are ranked by their 2017 Impact Factor percentile within the 23 categories where Frontiers journals (yellow dots) are indexed. Across all 11,655 titles in the 2017-JCR, Frontiers journals rank, on average, at the 74th percentile, with the highest journal ranking at the 91th percentile. The Impact Factor is the average number of citations generated in 2017 to articles published in 2015 and 2016. Read also: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/02/impact-factor-scientific-academic-journal-ranking/
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Frontiers journals rank in the top percentiles on Impact Factor 2017 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2018) Data Source: 2017 Journal Citation Reports (JCR, Clarivate Analytics, 2018). Journals are ranked by their 2017 Impact Factor percentile within the 23 categories where Frontiers journals (yellow dots) are indexed. Across all 11,655 titles in the 2017-JCR, Frontiers journals rank, on average, at the 74th percentile, with the highest journal ranking at the 91th percentile. The Impact Factor is the average number of citations generated in 2017 to articles published in 2015 and 2016. Read also: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/02/impact-factor-scientific-academic-journal-ranking/
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Frontiers journals rank in the top percentiles on CiteScore 2017 CiteScore, Scopus (Elsevier) Data Source: 2017 CiteScore, Scopus database (Elsevier). Journals are ranked by their 2017 CiteScore percentiles within the 55 Scopus categories in which 35 different Frontiers journals (yellow dots) are indexed. Across all 25,322 titles in the CiteScore (Scopus) 2017 edition, Frontiers journals rank, on average, at the 85th percentile, with the highest journal ranking at the 96th percentile. The CiteScore is the average number of citations generated in 2017 to articles published in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Read also: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/02/impact-factor-scientific-academic-journal-ranking
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Frontiers journals rank in the top percentiles on CiteScore 2017 CiteScore, Scopus (Elsevier) Data Source: 2017 CiteScore, Scopus database (Elsevier). Journals are ranked by their 2017 CiteScore percentiles within the 55 Scopus categories in which 35 different Frontiers journals (yellow dots) are indexed. Across all 25,322 titles in the CiteScore (Scopus) 2017 edition, Frontiers journals rank, on average, at the 85th percentile, with the highest journal ranking at the 96th percentile. The CiteScore is the average number of citations generated in 2017 to articles published in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Read also: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/02/impact-factor-scientific-academic-journal-ranking
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Scientific excellence at scale
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th 80’000 Editors & Reviewers 1,432 932 746 704 563 541 524 481 460 410 374 362 355 345 313 313 310 297 283 272 271 271 271 259 256 250 245 243 240 239 University of California System Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) Harvard University University of Texas System National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) State University System of Florida Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Chinese Academy of Sciences Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HZ) Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (CNR) Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) University College London Johns Hopkins University Stanford University University of Michigan Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) University of Pittsburgh The State University of New York (SUNY) Universidade de São Paulo Sapienza Università di Roma University of Oxford University of Toronto Universität Zürich King's College London University of Pennsylvania Università degli Studi di Padova University of Cambridge The University of Queensland Imperial College London Data Source: Frontiers, total number of editors and reviewers on the Frontiers editorial boards.
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th 90’000 published articles – 64% from world’s top 300 institutions 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Top 10 Top 20 Top 30 Top 40 Top 50 Top 60 Top 70 Top 80 Top 90 Top 100 Top 110 Top 120 Top 130 Top 140 Top 150 Top 160 Top 170 Top 180 Top 190 Top 200 Top 210 Top 220 Top 230 Top 240 Top 250 Top 260 Top 270 Top 280 Top 290 Top 300 6% 33% 20% 52% 64% Based on Web of Science university ranking 2018 Data Source: Cumulated % of published Frontiers authors based on Web of Science university ranking
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Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Submission Independent Review Interactive Review Decision Final Validation Published
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Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th 420 million article views & downloads Data Source: Frontiers article metrics, total views and downloads to ~90’000 articles published, views and downloads sampled in June 2018.
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th 420 million article views & downloads 15,000,000 13,000,000 Data Source: Frontiers article metrics, total views and downloads to ~90’000 articles published, views and downloads sampled in June 2018.
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Open Science now
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th All publicly funded scientific papers published in Europe are to be made free to access by 2020. Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation May 27th 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/28/eu-ministers-2020-target-free-access-scientific-papers?CMP=twt_a-science_b-gdnscience 14% 37% 53% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Global UK EU-Funded Proportion of articles accessible immediatly on publication (Gold and Green Open Access) Global: Scimago 2016, Scopus, UK: 2016 data from Monitoring the transition to Open Access (2017), EU funded: 2014 data
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th Europe North America Asia Oceania South America Africa 49% of all Frontiers articles from Europe 81,000 editors 33,757 26,082 10,930 3,355 2,389 647 42% of all Frontiers editors from Europe 90,000 articles 43,958 31,860 20,361 4,893 3,954 1,233 305,000 authors 125,415 79,931 75,268 10,495 12,932 2,979 41% of all Frontiers authors from Europe Open Science has been embraced by the European academic community Data: Frontiers, as of July 2018
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th European research has high impact (based on Frontiers sample) Data: Frontiers, average views and downloads on Frontiers articles published in 2013, average citations to Frontiers articles published in 2013. Average views and downloads per article 5,373 5,032 4,620 4,607 4,485 4,485 4,439 4,411 4,321 4,203 United Kingdom Netherlands United States Switzerland Germany Japan France Spain Australia Canada Netherlands Australia France Spain United States Germany Canada United Kingdom Italy Japan Average citations per article 16.3 15.9 15.3 15.2 14.3 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.4 13.1
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th European research has high impact (based on Frontiers sample) Data: Frontiers, average views and downloads on Frontiers articles published in 2013, average citations to Frontiers articles published in 2013. Average views and downloads per article 5,373 5,032 4,620 4,607 4,485 4,485 4,439 4,411 4,321 4,203 United Kingdom Netherlands United States Switzerland Germany Japan France Spain Australia Canada Netherlands Australia France Spain United States Germany Canada United Kingdom Italy Japan Average citations per article 16.3 15.9 15.3 15.2 14.3 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.4 13.1
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th EU funded research has highest impact (based on Frontiers sample) Data: Frontiers, average views and downloads on Frontiers articles published in 2013, average citations to Frontiers articles published in 2013. 5,373 5,032 5,003 4,620 4,607 4,485 4,485 4,439 4,411 4,321 4,203 United Kingdom Netherlands EU Funded United States Switzerland Germany Japan France Spain Australia Canada EU Funded Netherlands Australia France Spain United States Germany Canada United Kingdom Italy Japan 19.0 16.3 15.9 15.3 15.2 14.3 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.4 13.1 Average views and downloads per article Average citations per article
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th 103 collaborations with universities and funders simplify the process for authors
Kamila Markram at ESOF 2018, July 11th First Landmark National Open Access Agreements “The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) is pleased to be one of the first signatories of the fully transparent Gold open access Agreement with Frontiers. Transparency of costs, conditions and services is a precondition to strengthen Open Science; hence, this agreement may serve as a role model in terms of openness for further agreements” Klement Tockner President of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) https://blog.frontiersin.org/2017/12/20/open-access-publishing-deal-university-vienna-austrian-science-fund/ “We are now making clear that entering into agreements with gold Open Access publishers is an important route to reaching the goal of immediate Open Access” Anna Lundén Head of National Coordination of Libraries National Library of Sweden https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/06/01/sweden-open-access-publishing-deal/
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