scienceopen webinar for acs cinf division

Rethinking Scientific Publishing

Stephanie Dawson, CEO

August 26, 2014 American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Information (CINF)

2Scientific communication is changing

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3Present Status

The internet has fundamentally changed the scholarly publishing paradigm No need for journals as “container”. Immediate publication and worldwide open access. Impact can be measured on article level and Journal Impact

Factors lose meaning. Publishing becomes a service and fees can be based on the

real costs of publication. Public discourse on scientific research in blogs, social media,

scientific networks and on PubMed Commons.

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4The opportunity

Provide free and immediate access to knowledge to drive creativity, collaboration, innovation and development.

Allow ideas to be judged on their merit, regardless of where they come from – open, transparent and fair.

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5The challenge

How to maintain quality of scientific communication in an internet model? Current system derived from paper-based communication

depends on anoymous pre-publication Peer Review. But recent cases have highlighted that with the internet, more

eyes are more likely to find errors and communicate them more quickly.

New modes of network-based evaluation of research are required.

New measures for rating and ranking scientific results required.

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6Our answer: ScienceOpen

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7What is ScienceOpen?

ScienceOpen is a next generation research + publishing network for all areas of modern science, the humanities and social sciences. Members can collaborate online and publish their results Open Access which are evaluated in a transparent community-based review process.

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8The core ScienceOpen idea

Use the power of professional networks to evaluate scientific results.

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9SO puts researcher at the center

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10Integration with ORCID

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11Social-networking tools

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12Groups and discussion forums

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13Private collaborations

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APE 2014 Berlin January 29, 2014

ScienceOpen covers all disciplines

15Aggregator for Open Access content

1.3 million articles XML imported from the PubMed

Open Access Data Subset. Metadata imported from arXiv with

linking to preprints. Further partners for content

aggregation in discussion.

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ScienceOpen as Open Access publisher

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17ScienceOpen advantages

Fast After editorial check (ca. 1 week) paper may be published

as author pdf with a citable Cross-Ref DOI. Typeset version follows after ca. 10 days.

Transparent After publication SO editors initiate an open, public peer

review. Network-based – any reader can invite a referee. Transparent – with full name and all comments. Open-ended – supports reproducibility as criterion as comments may come much later.

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18One-stop communication platform

Communicate Share Promote – Twitter,

Mendely, etc. groups

Evaluate Transparent, fair Post-publication Community-based

Publish Fast – DOI after

Editorial check Professional Flexible All disciplines, all

article types

Collaborate All comments in

one space

Idea

19Who is behind ScienceOpen?

independent start-up company based in Berlin and Boston ScienceOpen was founded in 2013 by:

Alexander Grossmann Physicist and Professor of Publishing Management at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, LeipzigTibor Tscheke Information Scientist, Software Developer and Content Management Specialist, Boston

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20Editorial Board Members: >150

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21Business concept

Free services Access: browse, search & comment Network: connect & communicate Organize: draft manuscripts & discuss with colleagues

Publishing charge: USD 800 DOI assigment Copyediting Language editing XML conversion

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Hosting Printable PDF A&I / Google Scholar

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New initiatives in scientific communication

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Thank you very much!Stephanie Dawson, PhD

ScienceOpen GmbHPappelallee 78/79, 10437 Berlin, GermanyTel: +49-30-6098490-277Skype: dawson_scienceopenTwitter: @SDawsonBerlinMobile: +49-176-72614581Stephanie.Dawson@ScienceOpen.com

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24Looking forward to your visit…

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