Order of speakers Iain Hrynaszkiewicz Nature Publishing Group & Palgrave Macmillan Michele Acuto University College London Timothy M Shaw University of Massachusetts Boston Oliver Richmond University of Manchester Palgrave Macmillan Reception 19 th February 2015, ISA, New Orleans

Iain Hrynaszkiewicz Head of Data and HSS Publishing, Open Research Nature Publishing Group & Palgrave Palgrave Communications – a new journal from Palgrave Macmillan 19 th February 2015, ISA, New Orleans

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Palgrave Communications Scope High-quality peer-reviewed open access journal for research in all areas of the humanities, the social sciences (HSS) and business. Editorial team Managing Editor, Gino D’Oca, supported by 80 Editorial Board Members reflecting the journal’s scope. Peer review Manuscripts judged to be of potential interest are sent for double-blind peer review. Innovation and speed Rapid, continuous publication with no restrictions on words, figures, references Enhanced html and PDF content with global visibility 4 Facts

Palgrave Communications Martin Geiger Carleton University Wendy Harcourt Erasmus University Rajneesh Narula University of Reading Anthony Payne University of Sheffield Timothy M. Shaw University of Massachusetts Michele Acuto University College London 5 Selected Editorial Board Members Stephen Bronner Rutgers University Guy Peters University of Pittsburgh Heather Savigny Bournemouth University Michael Thompson William Paterson University Steve Tsang University of Nottingham William Walters Carleton University Shi Yinhong Renmin University of China

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Palgrave Communications Access All articles immediately and permanently and freely available to all online. License Creative Commons (CC BY) offered as default license. Any reader/researcher can copy, redistribute and build upon work efficiently. Article processing charges (APCs) Flat, one-off charge that covers all costs associated with peer review, production, archiving, web hosting and archiving USD $1,200 // GBP £750 Funding open access Ongoing debate about funding in HSS research. Funding support service for authors provided by Macmillan. 9 Open access

Growth in open access by discipline 10 Laakso and Björk BMC Medicine :124 doi: / (Reproduced under CC-BY

Benefits of open access Faster progress/better return on investment in research Understanding of research outside the research community (e.g. public, government) is increased Increased visibility and readership of articles Increased citation impact 1 Authors retain copyright in their work and are free to redistribute widely Facilitates interdisciplinary research and collaboration The research literature becomes a resource for research (text/data mining) For a bibliography of studies on open access and citations, see the SPARC Europe website: 46/60 studies show an increase in citations for open access

Demand for a selective, fully OA journal in HSS Palgrave Macmillan Researcher Panel Survey (2011): 82% would publish OA if offered in best/most appropriate journal 1 68% said their research area would benefit from journals that publish peer-reviewed OA 1 European Commission Study of Open Access Publishing (2011): Two main factors slowing the move to OA were availability of funding (39%) and [perceived] scarcity of quality OA journals (30%) HSS researchers surveyed Dec-Jan responses received. Response rate 52% Analysis of 4976 responses. Mele S et al. Highlights from the SOAP project survey. arXiv:

Editorial aims and scope 13 A multidisciplinary open access journal with impact A paper should represent an advance in understanding likely to influence thinking in the field. Promoting transparency and reproducibility Strong policies on access to research data and materials and citation of data. Journal works with repositories. Promoting interdisciplinary research Champions interdisciplinary research, fostering interaction, creativity and reflection within and between the rich disciplines the journal encompasses.

Michele Acuto Research Director and Senior Lecturer in Global Networks & Diplomacy at STEaPP University College London Palgrave Communications – finding a home for interdisciplinary research

Timothy M Shaw Research Professor, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance University of Massachusetts Boston Beyond Development Post-2015: desiderata for Palgrave Communications in its first half-decade

Desiderata for Palgrave Communications 16 Interdisciplinary global network advancing digital presence Learning from Nature & Scientific American Advancing new professional association, third sector (eg COPE/COUNTER/Crossref/INASP) & corporate (eg with Springer) alliances Proposing OA APC discount for the global South (and new PhDs/first time authors?)

Desiderata for Palgrave Communications 17 Appropriate for global South where mobile telecommunications most advanced (eg JCIR) Social media increasingly central to academic marketing, from degrees to publications Onto fifth birthday for Palgrave Communications at ISA in March 2020…in Honolulu NB auspicious occasion for launch as Chinese new year…of the ram: a good, likeable animal sign

Iain Hrynaszkiewicz Head of Data and HSS Publishing, Open Research Nature Publishing Group & Palgrave Thank you For more information please contact: