open access scholarly publishing in south africa: the aosis perspective
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Open Access Scholarly Publishing in South Africa: The AOSIS Perspective. Pierre JT de Villiers, MB, ChB, PhD Managing Director African Online Scientific Information Systems (AOSIS). Outline. Context: AOSIS South African r esponse to OA Current issues. Scientific Papers Published - 2001. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Open Access Scholarly Publishing in South Africa:The AOSIS Perspective
Pierre JT de Villiers, MB, ChB, PhDManaging DirectorAfrican Online Scientific Information Systems (AOSIS)
Outline•Context: AOSIS•South African response to OA•Current issues
Scientific Papers Published - 2001
Est. 1999
AOSIS Openjournals - Est 2005•Scholarly Publication services - partnering•Open Access only (innovator) - CC-BY•CPD link• Innovations:
▫OJS▫DOI & Crosscheck▫ePUB▫XML▫QR codes
AOSIS: Journal growth (N=28)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140
5
10
15
20
25
30
Journals Published per year
AOSIS: Journals per discipline (28) (n=28)
Social Sciences; 9
Health Sciences; 7
Theology; 4
Science; 6
Veterinary; 2
Total Journals in 2013
Journal ownership
13
8
2
4 SOC
UNIV
AOSIS
Other
AOSIS: Manuscript growth
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
Submissions vs Published
Submissions per year Published manuscripts per year
Axis Title
Manusc
ripts
AOSIS OpenJournals -business models
Full APC26%
No APC39%
Subsidy& APC35%
N=28
South Africa – quick facts
•Population: 53m•Size: 2X France•GNI/C - $7,190•Unemployment = 25–36%•Public universities: 25•Students at universities = >1m•Research publications = 10,056 (2011),
33rd in world rank•Severe skills shortage, poor basic
education
RSA economic growth
Global internet penetration – RSA 49% (85th)
Government funding forresearch output - 2013
• Total govt university funding: $2 billion (GDP = $350,6): o,57%
• “Policy and Procedures for Measurement 0f Research Output of Public Higher Education Institutions” – 2003
• Block Subsidy: $85m, (Unit = $10,500)▫ Journal articles = 7403▫Books = 331▫Conference Proceedings = 351
“Accredited” journals (262)
•2003 - 2014▫RSA DOE list – application process (202)▫ISI (Thompson Reuters WoS)/IBSS (60)
•2015 (?)▫Scielo SA▫Scopus▫Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals▫RSA list = “developmental” (5 years)
Scholarly Journal Publishers Accredited RSA Journals (N = 262)
Universities
Independents
Societies
Museums
28%
42%27%
March 2006
“Report on a Strategic Approach to Research Publishing in South Africa”
GOAL: to help develop and maintain a robust national system of innovation that contributes materially to the sustainable prosperity of all South Africa’s people.
2008
ASSAf peer review panels (140)
Completed – since 2010•Agricultural & basic life sciences (19) •Social sciences (12)•Law (24) •Health and related medical sciences (35)•Religion, Theology and related fields (24)
In progress•Humanities (28)
Scielo.org.za Est. 2009
Open access, searchable, full-text repository (part of Brazilian system)
• RSA journals • Free to participate (tax payer
funded)• “High quality” journals = 46/180:
(25%) – peer review panels
Institutional support
•Berlin Declaration: RSA 14, ROF 22•Institutional repositories: RSA 24•Limited APC funds: Univ. Pretoria
DOAJ.org – RSA (n = 262) 2014
70 (27%)
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Business model – SA Journals 2014Tipping the scale to OA!
152; 56%
120; 44%
OA Subs
OA - Late majority phase of innovation
Current issues
•Perception of poor quality of OA “Science” Sting! Journal high-jacking “Bothalia”
•Impact Factor “pressure” vs OA encouragement - Govt & Univ
•Public-funded institutions taking on publishing roles (universities, scielo?), against backdrop of higher demands on Fiscus (Govt debt of GDP= 46%) – sustainable?
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