HighWire is an auxiliary of Stanford University Library that provides digital services and hosting solutions to over 140 scholarly publishers and societies worldwide. It operates an open platform SaaS solution to enrich and host partner content, facilitating discovery, access, and impact. HighWire also offers mobile apps, analytics tools, and open access journal hosting. It is working on new developments like ebooks, article-level metrics integrated with Altmetric, and implementing the new COUNTER 4 standards for usage reporting.

1. HighWire:
Technology Solutions for the
Scholarly Community
Presenter: Mark Johnson
Date: November 7, 2013

2. HighWire Profile
• Auxiliary of Stanford University Library since 1995
• Michael A. Keller, University Librarian & HighWire Publisher
• Premier, independent, digital services partner to scholarly
publishers and societies worldwide
• Operated as a “public trust” to promote research dissemination
• HighWire Open Platform SaaS Solution
• Enrich and host partner content to facilitate discovery, access, utility, impact
• Branding, commerce, advertising, mobile, analytics, manuscript tracking, etc.
• Renowned HighWire Community Forum
• 140+ Publishers & Societies; 50 Million Unique Visitors/Month
• 120 staff in Silicon Valley, 10 remote staff, ~30 contractors
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3. The Choice for Scholarly Market Makers
Quality, Depth, Breadth & Traffic
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4. The HighWire Portal
http://highwire.stanford.edu
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5. The HighWire Portal for Librarians
HighWire
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Stanford University
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6. Trends:
- Open Access
- Mobile Technologies
- Responsive Design

7. 60+ Open Access Journals Hosted on HighWire
Open Access Journals (May 2013)
Publisher
URL
Launch Date
American Physiological Society
http://advan.physiology.org/
Animal Frontiers
American Society of Animal Science
http://www.animalfrontiers.org/
Annals of Family Medicine
American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.annfammed.org/
Biology Open
Company of Biologists
http://bio.biologists.org
Bioscience Horizons
Oxford University Press
http://biohorizons.oxfordjournals.org/
BMJ Open
BMJ Group
http://bmjopen.bmj.com/
BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care
BMJ Group
BMJ Open Respiratory Research
BMJ Group
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports
BMJ Group
http://qir.bmj.com/
Bone & Joint Research
British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
http://www.bjr.boneandjoint.org.uk/
October 2011
56
Canadian Family Physician
College of Family Physicians of Canada
http://www.cfp.ca/
August 2007
4,395
Cancer Genomics & Proteomics
International Institute of Anticancer Research
http://cgp.iiarjournals.org/
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
http://www.ccjm.org/
Clinical Diabetes
American Diabetes Association
http://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/
Clinical Medicine & Research
Marshfield Clinic
CMAJ Open
Canadian Medical Association
http://www.cmajopen.ca/
January 2013
8
College & Research Libraries
American Library Association
http://crl.acrl.org/
January 2010
6,555
College & Research Libraries News
American Library Association
http://crln.acrl.org/
January 2010
1,697
Conservation Physiology
Oxford University Press
http://conphys.oxfordjournals.org/
Disease Models and Mechanisms
Company of Biologists
http://dmm.biologists.org
elife
elifesciences
http://www.elifesciences.org/the-journal/
Endocrine Connections
BioScientifica
http://www.endocrineconnections.com/
European Respiratory Review
European Respiratory Society
http://err.ersjournals.com/
September 2005
Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
Oxford University Press
http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/
September 2012
G3 (Genes | Genomes | Genetics)
Genetics Society of America
http://g3journal.org/
Genome Announcements
American Society for Microbiology
http://genomea.asm.org/
Genome Biology and Evolution
Oxford University Press
http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/
Global Health: Science and Practice
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
http://www.ghspjournal.org/
Haematologica
Ferrata Storti Foundation
http://www.haematologica.org/
October 2007
Human Genomics and Proteomics
SAGE Publications
http://hgp.sagepub.com/
August 2011
Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
Oxford University Press
http://icvts.oxfordjournals.org/
JAHA: Journal of the American Heart Association
American Heart Association
http://jaha.ahajournals.org/
Journal of Dental Biomechanics
SAGE Publications
http://dbm.sagepub.com/
August 2011
22
Journal of International Medical Research
SAGE Publications
http://imr.sagepub.com/
January 2013
1,925
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
SAGE Publications
http://hic.sagepub.com/
January 2013
Journal of Legal Analysis
Oxford University Press
http://jla.oxfordjournals.org/
Journal of Radiation Research
Oxford University Press
http://jrr.oxfordjournals.org/
Journal of Surgical Case Reports
Oxford University Press
http://jscr.oxfordjournals.org/
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
American Board of Family Medicine
http://jabfm.org/
Journal of Tissue Engineering
SAGE Publications
http://tej.sagepub.com/
Journal of Vision
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
http://www.journalofvision.org/
April 2010
JRSM Cardiovascular Disease
Royal Society of Medicine
http://cvd.rsmjournals.com/
April 2012
mBio
American Society for Microbiology
http://mbio.asm.org/
May 2010
512
Nucleic Acids Research
Oxford University Press
http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/
April 2000
37,499
Open Biology
The Royal Society
http://rsob.royalsocietypublishing.org
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
SAGE Publications
http://ojs.sagepub.com/
Orthopaedic Proceedings: Supplement to The Bone & Joint Journal
British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
http://www.bjjprocs.boneandjoint.org.uk/
Physiological Reports
American Physiological Society
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Oxford University Press
http://ptep.oxfordjournals.org/
August 2012
129
Progress of Theoretical Physics
Oxford University Press
http://ptp.oxfordjournals.org/
January 2013
15,692
SAGE Open
SAGE Publications
http://sgo.sagepub.com
Sage Open Engineering
SAGE Publications
n/a
February 2014
Sage Open Medicine
SAGE Publications
n/a
February 2015
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Studies in Mycology
CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre
http://www.studiesinmycology.org/
February 2007
129
Veterinary Record Open
BMJ Group
HighWire | Stanford University
April 1998
Total # of Articles
Advances in Physiology Education
1,011
August 2011
May 2003
78
1,325
September 2011
190
March 2008
February 2011
102
1,186
n/a
June 2013
n/a
August 2013
--
August 2012
26
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April 2009
September 2008
http://www.clinmedres.org/
357
2,083
May 2001
509
May 2005
1,036
March 2013
6
July 2008
967
December 2012
132
June 2012
27
418
11
June 2011
307
January 2013
300
April 2009
478
March 2013
November 2011
15
5,861
13
4,108
February 2012
208
7
July 2011
64
June 2012
2,366
December 2012
May 2003
399
1,873
August 2011
42
16,039
23
September 2011
95
February 2013
n/a
4
December 2004
26,125
August 2013
--
April 2011
n/a
230
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July 2013
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8. HighWire offers Mobile Web
and Apps: iOS and Android
– Includes institutional subscription
tethering/ vouchering
– Includes advertising
HighWire
|
Stanford University
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9. Drupal & Responsive Design
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10. Challenges: CHANGE
- The HighWire Open Platform
- The HighWire Product Roadmap

11. The HighWire Open Platform
HighWire | Stanford University | Proprietary
HighWire | Stanford University
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12. HighWire Product Roadmap
• HW provides Publisher Clients a Roadmap of the coming year
• The Roadmap allows for better planning / saves time & money
• Publisher clients work with HighWire on Joint Roadmaps
Roadmap Category
# Product
Releases
Since 2011
Highlights
Monetization
20
eCommerce, Mobile Vouchers, Continued
Medical Education
Integration
32
Mobile Web, Mobile Apps, APIs
Analytics
10
Usage Reports, Analytics Workbench
User/ UI-UX
15
Recommendations, Alerts
Content
22
ePub, Citation Manager
TOTAL RELEASES
99

13. New Developments:
- eBooks
- Article Level Metrics
- COUNTER 4
Briefly:
• Collaboration with COUNTER and Publishers on
Journal Usage Factor (work in progress)
• Work on CHORUS including collaboration with
CrossRef FundRef and Prospect

14. “Folio is a flexible ebook solution built
on the HighWire Open Platform,
designed for publishers who want to get
their books up and running quickly.”
- Tara Robenalt, Director of Product Management, HighWire

15. Folio – Key Components
• Home Page
• Book Landing Page
• eBook Reader

16. HighWire Folio eBooks Solution
• Duke University Press Books
• http://read.dukeupress.edu
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17. HighWire Folio eBooks Solution
– Read on any device

18. Article Level Metrics
• Integration with
Altmetric.com
• Soon with PLOS
ALM
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19. COUNTER 4 Overview
• What’s New in Release 4
• Gold Open Access Report
• Multimedia Reports
• Mobile Reports
• Access Denied Reports
• SUSHI Performance Guidelines
• Upgrades to Release 3 Reports
• Journal & Book DOI
• Total Summaries
• Select Time Range for Report (Month / Year)
HighWire | Stanford University
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20. HighWire Release Summary
• Reports In Release
Journal Report 1
Number of Successful Full-Text Article Requests by Month and Journal
Journal Report 1a
Number of Successful Full-Text Article Requests from an Archive by Month and
Journal
Journal Report 1 GOA*
Number of Successful Gold Open Access Full-Text Article Requests by Month and
Journal
Journal Report 2*
Access Denied to Full-Text Articles by Month, Journal and Category
Journal Report 3
Number of Successful Item Requests by Month, Journal and Page-type
Journal Report 4
Total Searches Run By Month and Collection
Journal Report 5*
Number of Successful Full-Text Article Requests by Year of-Publication (YOP) and
Journal
Consortia Report 1/1a
Number of successful full-text journal article or book chapter requests by month and
title
Book Report 2*
Number of Successful Section Requests by Month and Title
Book Report 4*
Access Denied to Content items by Month, Platform and Category
Platform Report 1*
Total Searches, Result Clicks and Record Views by Month and Platform
* New Report
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21. Release Schedule
• SUSHI / Performance Improvements
• Jan 15, 2014
• Counter Audit
• Jan / Feb 2014
• Institutional Release Feb 15, 2014
HighWire | Stanford University
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22. Technology Solutions for the Scholarly
Community
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23. Thank You
Mark Johnson
mjohnson@highwire.stanford.edu