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BioMed Central Largest publisher of peer-reviewed open access (OA) journals Launched first open access journal in 2000 Now publishes 230 OA journals >100,000 peer-reviewed OA articles published Became part of Springer in 2008 Membership scheme

What is open access?

The old world of access to knowledge

The new world of access to knowledge

Difference between subscription and open access models Both have –Editors, peer review, are indexed in ISI etc, have similar production processes, obey publication ethics OA journals also –Allow the contents to be immediately freely available online everywhere in perpetuity Different business models

OA in brief No subscriptions = no barriers to access Published articles immediately available online for free for everyone! Copyright remains with the author Major OA publishers - Article Processing Charges (APCs) Support from funding bodies and governmental agencies

Advantages of open access Very high visibility - Accessible from multiple sites - Indexed widely, eg PubMed - No barriers to dissemination Quality - Acceptance rates based purely on the quality of the submissions

And many more… Open Access Publishing, Then and Now…

Open access in 2012 Over 7200 open access journals in the DOAJ Over 1000 OA journals are indexed by ISI Open access to research is now mandated in over 135 institutions and by over 50 funders Submissions to OA journals grew by over 35% between 2009 and 2010 OA firmly part of the mainstream

OA Papers Published Data kindly provided by BMC (Stefan Busch), PLoS (Pete Binfield), Hindawi (Paul Peters), Copernicus (Martin Rasmussen) and Springer (Bettina Görner)

Data provided courtesy of Ed Sequeira and Marla Fogelman (PMC) Growth of PubMed Central

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Impact Factor journals Open Access market growth

The open access business model Commonly financed by Article Processing Charges (APCs) - usually paid by funders, institutions, societies, etc Some open access journals have central support, so no charges for authors or readers No charges for access

How authors cover APCs Results from survey by the Study of Open Access Publishing (SOAP)

BioMed Central Membership For BioMed Central, SpringerOpen and Chemistry Central journals Institutions pay APCs in full or in part for their researchers Over 380 Member institutions worldwide, including - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca - Universidade Estadual Paulista Ask your librarian to visit:

TopicAssociate Editor(s) Volume 1Issue 1PPPM in DiabetesMahmood Mozaffari Issue 2PPPM in Neurodegenerative DiseasesSilvia Mandel Issue 3PPPM in CancerDominic Desiderio Issue 4PPPM in Healthcare OverviewVincenzo Costigliola Volume 2Issue 1PPPM in Cardiovascular DiseasesHiroyasu Iso Issue 2PPPM in Reproductive Medicine and PeadiatricsMaurizio Scarpa Issue 3PPPM in Body Culture and Sport MedicineSai Ho Chan Issue 4PPPM in Healthcare OverviewVincenzo Costigliola The EPMA Journal

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Examples of successful related journals published by BioMed Central

Advances in PPPM EPMA Educational Book Series: Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine EditorTitleReleased Coelho Drug delivery systems: Advanced technologies potentially applicable in personalized treatment Summer 2012 CostagliolaHealth OverviewJuly 2012 Mandel Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine in Neurodegenerative Diseases Summer 2012 MozzaffariPredictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine in Diabetes Summer

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