1. Experiences with an Open Access Journal Professor Jerry Roberts Head of Biosciences Editor-in-Chief Journal of Experimental Botany

2. First published in 1950 Institutional subscriptions ~ >600 Impact Factor in 2007 ~ 3.6 Open Access option since July 2004 (The first plant sciences journal to offer authors the opportunity to publish under OA)

3. Opportunities for publishing under Open Access Journal perspective: Boosts Impact Factor Attracts the best authors Politically correct

4. Opportunities for publishing under Open Access Author perspective: Boosts citations Accommodates requirements of funding agency Politically correct

5. Threats for publishing under Open Access Journal perspective: Reduced number of institutional subscribers Reduced subscription cost Reduced revenue leading to journal closure

6. Threats for publishing under Open Access Author perspective: Costs of publishing (to author) increased Learned Societies lose critical revenue stream Reduced journal outlets for publication

7. JXB Open Access Experiment Commenced in 2004: Open Access publication ~ £250 UK authors free ~ funded through a grant from Joint Information System Committee of the UK (JISC) Approximately 29% Open Access publications 2004-2006

8. Countries of non UK Open Access authors (2004-6) ArgentinaCanadaGermany AustraliaChinaGreece BelgiumCzech RepubIndia BrazilFranceItaly Japan*SloveniaTaiwan NetherlandsSpainUSA* NorwaySweden PortugalSwitzerland * >35% of total

9. Downloads of Open Access vs Non Open Access papers 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-9 Full text downloads per Abstract downloads July 04 – Sept 06 Full text of Open Access papers gets downloaded more than Non Open Access papers (per Abstract)

10. Citations of Open Access vs Non Open Access papers 1 2 3 4 5 6-7 8-9 10-11 Number of citations July 04 – Sept 06 Average citation per paper: Non Open Access ~ 1.7 Open Access ~ 1.9 (12% increase)

11. JXB 2007 - A sustainable model for Open Access Launched in April 2007 Corresponding authors whose institutions have a subscription to the journal can publish Open Access for free Authors whose institutions do not have a subscription to the journal can publish Open Access for £1500 Some material remains under subscription control (eg. Reviews)

12. JXB 2007 - A sustainable model for Open Access Challenges of model Time consuming as institutional addresses of all corresponding authors have to be checked for subscriptions Up to 70% of papers may become Open Access and librarians may expect a reduced subscription cost as a consequence Plan B if Plan A fails????

13. JXB 2007 - A sustainable model for Open Access Opportunities presented by the model Identification of non-subscribing institutions and encouragement to re- engage with authors and librarians Identification of novel publishable material (teaching aids/large data sets/techniques information etc) to remain under subscription control

14. Conclusions Open Access is going to become increasingly important to funding agencies and authors Journals (publishers) will have to develop a sustainable model to accommodate Open Access Funding agencies/Institutions will have to provide resources to support Open Access