Open Access

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Open Access Moving into the mainstream
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Incredible growth

• Supporters
• Universities and funding agencies
• Journals
• BioMed Central has now over 140 journals
• Traditional publishers introducing open access
  options
• Authors
• 2004 11 published in open access
• 2005 29 published in open access

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Funding Agencies

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Funding Agencies

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Traditional publishers

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BioMed Centrals Journals

• Over 140 open access journals
• Biology and medicine
• Journal of Biology
• BMC series journals
• Independent journals
• Veterinary research NEW
• BMC Veterinary Research
• Chemistry NEW
• Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
• Geochemical Transactions

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Areas embracing Open access

• Bioinformatics/Genomics
• Cancer
• Arthritis Research
• Public Health
• Infectious Diseases

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Journals with Impact Factors
BMC Bioinformatics impact factor 5.42 Respiratory Research impact factor 4.03 Arthritis Research Therapy impact factor 4.55 BMC Genomics impact factor 3.25 Critical Care impact factor 3.21 BMC Molecular Biology impact factor 3.12 Breast Cancer Research impact factor 2.98 BMC Cell Biology impact factor 2.62 BMC Cancer impact factor 2.29 BMC Infectious Diseases impact factor 2.07 Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine impact factor 1.70 BMC Public Health impact factor 1.55 BMC Health Services Research impact factor 1.23 BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders impact factor 1.00 BMC Genetics impact factor 0.92
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Journals waiting for impact factors
BMC Biotechnology impact factor due June 2007 BMC Evolutionary Biology impact factor due June 2006 BMC Gastroenterology impact factor due June 2006 BMC Medical Genetics impact factor due June 2008 BMC Microbiology impact factor due June 2007 BMC Neuroscience impact factor due June 2006 Journal of Translational Medicine impact factor due June 2008 Malaria Journal impact factor due June 2006 Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology impact factor due June 2008 Genome Biology impact factor due June 2006 BMC Developmental Biology BMC Immunology BMC Neurology BMC Structural Biology
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Authors view on citation
Independent study by CIBER found
http//www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/ciber_2005_survey_fina
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that senior authors believe downloads to be more
credible measure of the usefulness of research
then traditional citations. PNAS open access
articles receive 50 more full-text accesses and
PDF downloads than subscription-access articles.
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3.5 million page views per month
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Authors embracing OA
Independent study by CIBER found
http//www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/ciber_2005_survey_fina
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• Research community is now much aware of the open
  access issue. (up 10 percentage
  points from 2004)
• Big fall in authors knowing nothing at all about
  open access. (down 25 points)
• 75 of authors surveyed agreed with the
  statement
• High Prices make it difficult to access
  literature

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Where do they come from?
United States of America United Kingdom Germany Canada India Italy France Australia Japan Sweden
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What do they like about BioMed Central?
Speed with which article is included in PubMed and other abstracting/indexing services Final appearance of article Helpfulness of editorial staff Speed of online manuscript submission system
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All truth passes through three stages. First,
it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently
opposed. Third, it is accepted as being
self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer
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Any questions?
Ask anytime Marie Martens Marie_at_biomedcentral.co
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