The document is the Brussels Declaration on STM Publishing signed by international STM publishers. It outlines several key principles: 1. Publishers' mission is to disseminate knowledge through economically sustainable business models and support academic freedom for authors. 2. Publishers organize peer review for STM journals, which is an irreplaceable process for scholarship. 3. Publishers launch and develop journals to benefit the scholarly community. 4. Current publisher licensing models have significantly increased access to research outputs, though publishers have heavily invested in digitization and growing literature volumes.

1. Brussels Declaration on STM Publishing(69) / by the international scientific, technical and medical
(STM) publishing community as represented by the individual publishing houses and publishing
trade associations, who have indicated their assent below
布魯塞爾宣言下的科技醫學出版 / 國際科技醫學出版社群代表, 包括個別的出版社及出版公
會, 如最後的簽名檔
註 69: 2007 年 2 月 13 日發佈, 國際科技醫學出版社公會同意重印
Many declarations have been made about the need for particular business models in the STM
information community. STM publishers have largely remained silent on these matters as the
majority are agnostic about business models: what works, works. However, despite very significant
investment and a massive rise in access to scientific information, our community continues to be
beset by propositions and manifestos on the practice of scholarly publishing. Unfortunately the
measures proposed have largely not been investigated or tested in any evidence-based manner that
would pass rigorous peer review. In the light of this, and based on over ten years’ experience in the
economics of online publishing and our longstanding collaboration with researchers and librarians,
we have decided to publish a declaration of principles which we believe to be self-evident.
雖然, 已有若干論及科技醫學資訊社群商業模式的宣言, 科技醫學出版社還是老神在在, 保持
沉默, 大多數出版社對開放近用的商業模式仍一無所知: 怎麼做, 如何做。儘管在近用科學資
訊方面, 已做了相當多的投資, 學術出版界仍圍繞著一堆提議及宣言, 不幸的是，這些提議還
沒有做過嚴謹地研究及測試, 未經過同儕評閱。有鑑於此, 根據我們十年來的線上出版經濟學
經驗, 與研究者和圖書館員長期的合作, 我們決定發表此不言自明的宣言。
.1�� The mission of publishers is to maximise the dissemination of knowledge through
economically self-sustaining business models. We are committed to change and innovation
that will make science more effective. We support academic freedom: authors should be free
to choose where they publish in a healthy, undistorted free market
出版社的任務是以自我支應的商業模式, 儘量地散布知識。我們致力於變革和創新，
促使科學更有效果。我們支持學術自由：作者應可在健全地未被扭曲地自由市場裡,
自由選擇他們的出版方式
.2�� Publishers organise, manage and financially support the peer review processes of
STM journals. The imprimatur that peer-reviewed journals give to accepted articles
(registration, certification, dissemination and editorial improvement) is irreplaceable and
fundamental to scholarship.
出版社組織、管理和資助同儕評閱的科技醫學學刊, 以刊登論文為目標的同儕評閱學
刊(註冊、認證、散布及編輯)是學術界不可取代的學術基礎
.3�� Publishers launch, sustain, promote and develop journals for the benefit of the
scholarly community
出版社推出、維持、促進和發展學刊，以造福學術社群
.4�� Current publisher licensing models are delivering massive rises in scholarly access to
research outputs. Publishers have invested heavily to meet the challenges of digitisation and

2. the annual 3% volume growth of the international scholarly literature, yet less than 1% of
total R&D is spent on journals
出版社的授權模式提供大量強化學術近用其研究成果。出版社大筆投資以應付數位化
的挑戰, 國際學術文獻每年成長 3％，但在學刊的研發方面投資, 卻小於 1％
.5�� Copyright protects the investment of both authors and publishers. Respect for
copyright encourages the flow of information and rewards creators and entrepreneurs
著作權保護作者和出版社的投資, 尊重著作權可鼓勵資訊的流通和回報創造者和企業
家的努力 克
.6�� Publishers support the creation of rights-protected archives that preserve scholarship
in perpetuity.
出版社支持建立被保護的檔案庫，保存永久學術成果。
.7�� Raw research data should be made freely available to all researchers. Publishers
encourage the public posting of the raw data outputs of research. Sets or sub-sets of data that
are submitted with a paper to a journal should wherever possible be made freely accessible
to other scholars
研究的原始數據應免費供所有的研究人員使用, 出版社鼓勵公開研究成果所依據原始
數據。提交論文的時候, 同時提交的全部或部份原始數據, 應儘可能地供其他學者自由
近用
.8�� Publishing in all media has associated costs. Electronic publishing has costs not
found in print publishing. The costs to deliver both are higher than print or electronic only.
Publishing costs are the same whether funded by supply-side or demand-side models. If
readers or their agents (libraries) don’t fund publishing, then someone else (e.g. funding
bodies, government) must
在任何媒體出版, 都需要相當的費用。電子出版還有印本出版所沒有的費用, 遞送兩種
媒體的費用，必定高於祗遞送印本或電子本。不論由供給面或需求面負擔, 出版費用
是相同的。如果讀者或其代理人(圖書館)不負擔出版費用，其他的單位(例如，贊助機
構、政府單位)就必須承擔
.9�� Open deposit of accepted manuscripts risks destabilising subscription revenues and
undermining peer review. Articles have economic value for a considerable time after
publication which embargo periods must reflect. At 12 months, on average, electronic
articles still have 40-50% of their lifetime downloads to come. Free availability of
significant proportions of a journal’s content may result in its cancellation and therefore
destroy the peer review system upon which researchers and society depend
典藏手稿有一定的風險, 不但收入不穩定, 而且破壞同儕評閱制度。出版一段時間內,
具有經濟價值的文章, 理當享有一段時間的禁錮期。通常有 12 個月的禁錮期，其間的
下載率佔所有下載率的 40-50％之間。免費提供相當比例的學刊內容, 可能導致停訂該
學刊, 並摧毀研究者及社會共同依靠的同儕評閱系統
.10�� “One size fits all” solutions will not work. Download profiles of individual journals
vary significantly across subject areas, and from journal to journal
“ ”一刀切 的解決辦法是行不通的。對個別學刊的下載行為, 差異極大, 學科之間與學刊

3. 之間, 都不能相提併論
List of signatories:
簽署者:
http://www.stm-assoc.org/brussels-declaration/.(ed.)
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