Thomas J' Walker

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Thomas J. Walker University of Florida
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Outline

• OA models for publishers
• Two BioOne publishers that offer OA
• What BioOne publishers should do

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Who benefits from open access?

• Researchers
• Teachers
• Students
• The public

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Who is afraid of open access?

• Most publishers

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Open Access models

• Author self-archiving

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Open Access models

• Author self-archiving
• OA sold by the article(hybrid model)

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PNAS3 Apr 2007 issue 1100 price
of OA per article 24 (16 of the
68 articles in this issue are OA)
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PNAS3 Apr 2007 issue 1100 price of OA
per article 24OA All articles
freelyweb accessible6 months afterpublication
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Citations to articles published in PNAS in last
half of 2004
G. Eysenbach. 2006. The open access advantage. J
Med Internet Res 8(2).
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Open Access models

• Author self-archiving
• OA sold by the article(hybrid model)
• 100 OA

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FloridaEntomological Society 100 OA since
1994
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Florida Entomological Society

• 1993 OA endorsed
• 1994 OA via PDF to all articles (1994 forward)

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Florida Entomological Society

• 1993 OA endorsed
• 1994 OA via PDF to all articles (1994 forward)
• 1999 OA to complete back-file (1917-1993)

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FES Revenues from library subscriptions
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Florida Entomological Society

• 1993 OA endorsed
• 1994 OA via PDF to all articles (1994 forward)
• 1999 OA to complete back file (1917-1993)
• 2001 Obligatory OA fees

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Florida Entomologist Obligatory OA fees
Articles 100 Scientific notes 50
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FES Initial year of OA fees
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Florida Entomological Society

• 1993 OA endorsed
• 1994 OA via PDF to all articles (1994 forward)
• 1999 OA to complete back file (1917-1993)
• 2001 Obligatory OA fees
• 2002 OA on BioOne (2002 forward)

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FES Summary of OA revenue effects
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Entomological Society of America currently ca.
67 OA
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Entomological Society of America

• 1995 GB approves OA sales
• 1997 GB cancels approval
• 1999 GB approves OA sales again
• 2000 OA sales begin!

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ESA Percentage of authors buying OA
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ESA Gross revenues from OA sales
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How ESAs hybrid model generated gt74,000 per
year

• Year No. of OA Average
  articles price
• 550 143
• 510 146
• 2006 537 150

ESA price for OA by the article 75 of the cost
of 100 paper reprints
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Current prices of OA by the article

• Entomological Society of America ESA (1 to 20
  pages) 55 to 314
• Annals of the Entomological Society of
  AmericaJournal of Economic EntomologyEnvironment
  al EntomologyJournal of Medical Entomology

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Current prices of OA by the article

• Entomological Society of America ESA (1 to 20
  pages) 55 to 314
• Annals of the Entomological Society of
  AmericaJournal of Economic EntomologyEnvironment
  al EntomologyJournal of Medical Entomology
• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
  ASLO 350 Limnology and
  Oceanography
• Limnology and Oceanography Methods
• National Academy of Sciences
  1100Proceedings of the National Academy of
  Sciences (PNAS)
• Company of Biologists
  2560Journal of Experimental Biology
• Development
• Journal of Cell Science
• Springer
  3000 OpenChoice
• Elsevier 3000
  Sponsored Article program
• Taylor Francis 3100
  iOpenAccess

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What BioOne publishers should do.

• Sell OA to your authors at a fair price

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Setting the price of OA by the article

• Price too high
• Authors/members will recognize the attempt to
  profiteer
• Service will not be profitable

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Setting the price of OA by the article

• Price too high
• Authors/members will recognize the attempt to
  profiteer
• Service will not be profitable
• Price too low
• So many will buy OA that restricted-access
  revenues will be threatened

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What BioOne publishers should do.

• Sell OA to your authors at a fair price
• Provide free access to electronic back-files

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Summary Society-based publishers should be
fiscally responsiblefacilitators of OA, not
opponents.
For more on these topics, find my home page
(http//tjwalker.ifas.ufl.edu) and click on Web
access to traditionally published journals