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SAGE Open is an open access journal launched by SAGE Publications in 2011 to serve the social sciences and humanities. It uses the PLOS One model of peer review. Since its launch, it has received over 2,500 submissions from 62 countries. While challenges include marketing open access to the humanities and social sciences, addressing perceptions of open access publishing, and pricing, SAGE plans to launch 40 additional open access journals in 2014 to further their involvement in open access scholarly communication.
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- 1. SAGE Open: apublisher’s foray into Gold OA for the social sciences and humanities Jim Gilden Senior Field Editor Open Access Week University of Colorado, Boulder October 24, 2013 Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 2. SAGE Open: apublisher’s foray into Gold OA for the social sciences and humanities ● ● ● ● What is SAGE Open Why we launched it What challenges we’ve faced The future of OA at SAGE Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 3. What is SAGEOpen ● Broad-based Social Science and Humanities Gold OA journal using the PLOS One model ● Submissions first accepted in January 2011 ● More than 2,500 submissions from 62 countries, 100s of institutions including UC Boulder ● 300+ articles published since launch in May 2011 ● 180,182 full text downloads in 2012 ● On HighWire platform from Stanford University Libraries Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
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- 6. Submissions by Discipline Education 447 Psychology 310 Sociology 235 Management 185 Communication 184 PoliticalScience 168 Humanities 114 Criminology 112 Economics 82 Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 7. Where are thosearticles? ● 2,419/3,063= 78.97% decided • • • • • • 444 accepted 671 rejected by AE after peer review 80 desk rejected as inappropriate 126 desk rejected for language 1,098 given a major or minor revision decision 274 withdrawn on author request Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 8. Acceptance rates Manuscript Decision Numberof Manuscripts Percent Accept 440 17.8% Accept Pending Minor Revision 444 18.4% Immediate Accept 4 0.2% Immediate Reject 80 3.2% Immediate Reject (language) 126 5.2% Major Revision 654 27.2% Reject 671 27.9% Total 2,419 100.0% Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 9. Most-read articles throughSept 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Managing Workplace Diversity: Issues and Challenges (June 2012) The Effect of Training and Development on Employee Attitude as it Relates to Training and Work Proficiency (Oct 2011) Black Teenage Pregnancy: A Dynamic Social Problem (Jan 2012) A Configuration Model of Organizational Culture (Jan 2012) Maternal Enmeshment: The Chosen Child (Oct 2012) Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 10. Most-read articles throughSept 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Managing Workplace Diversity: Issues and Challenges (June 2012) - Read 30,100 times The Effect of Training and Development on Employee Attitude as it Relates to Training and Work Proficiency (Oct 2011) – 20,140 Black Teenage Pregnancy: A Dynamic Social Problem (Jan 2012) – 14,578 A Configuration Model of Organizational Culture (Jan 2012) – 14,411 Maternal Enmeshment: The Chosen Child (Oct 2012) – 10,495 Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 11. Article level metrics LosAngeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 12. Author feedback ● ● ● ● 64 respondentsto standard survey 73% said SAGE Open was their first choice 88% said peer review comments were good or excellent 73% said time to pub from acceptance was good or excellent ● Comments • The review process was a bit slow despite being an open journal • Publication fees could have been reduced • This is my first international paper and I’m delighted to publish with SAGE Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 13. Why launch SAGEOpen? ● OA is going to be a part of the scholarly communication landscape ● SAGE’s strength and reputation in social sciences ● First in the water ● Part of our mission to serve social science Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 14. Challenges ● ● ● ● Marketing Editorial Back office Pricing Los Angeles| London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 15. Challenges - Marketing • • • • HSSless familiar with Open Access Perception of pay to play Spam from less reputable publishers Concerns about reputation of journal, peer review process • Pricing and payment – no tradition of including pages charges in grants Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 16. Challenges - Editorial ●Tenure committee “doesn’t count” OA publications ● Peer review • Broad scope • Open access still less known in HSS Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 17. Challenges – Backoffice ● Technology • Continuous publication • Competitive bells and whistles ● Systems • Subscription vast majority of transactions take place electronically • Open Access is about the article, not about the journal Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 18. 4. Challenges - Pricing • • • • $695 $195 $395 $99 LosAngeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 19. The future ofOA at SAGE Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 20. Launching 40 journalsin 2014 Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC
- 21. Questions? Thank you. jim.gilden@sagepub.com www.sageopen.com Los Angeles| London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC