1. Experiences Hosting OA Journals at LiU E-Press Linköping University Electronic Press David Lawrence www.ep.liu.se ep@ep.liu.se

2. Linköping University Electronic Press – Began in 1996 under the initiative of Erik Sandewall – Generally, the electronic publisher for the research output of LiU (exjobb, theses, reports, articles, books…) – Additionally: conference proceedings and OA journals – First OA journal in 1997 – Initially, a connection with LiU was required

3. Development of Journal Hosting – Support from OpenAccess.se to test a ”Journal Publication Service” Allowed testing of JARSS editorial system for use with smaller, OA journals Allowed a number of journals to start up and test an on-line format Results indicated that there was interest amongst researchers at Swedish universities (particularly in HSS) for journal hosting services – Since then we have started up and now host 5 OA journals.

4. Development cont’d – In 2008, decision was taken to offer hosting to journals independent of any connection with LiU – Later in 2008, decision also taken to offer this cost-free – Early experience illustrated the importance of a formal application procedure and review process

5. Conditions The journal must be of high quality and national or international in scope; The journal must be open access, i.e. allowing completely free access to the articles. A creative commons agreement (attribution, or attribution non-commercial) will be used to clarify the licensing of published articles; All articles must be externally peer-reviewed, i.e. the reviewers must include people beyond those affiliated with the editorial committee of the journal; The journal must show sufficient promise to publish at least two issues per year, or equivalent, when continuous publishing is envisaged, for at least five years; The journal must provide a business plan and an editorial plan consistent with the above conditions.

6. Review Conditions the need for such a journal; the competence and reputation of the proposed editorial staff; the quality of the proposed editorial board; the potential volume and source of material; the potential for continuing support; the distinctness from other journals in the area

7. Continuing Evaluation – Needs to be a process formal review every couple of years

8. Journals Hosted JournalDates Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (ETAI)1997-2001 Student Journal of Health Sciences1998-2001 Hygiea Internationalis1999- International Journal of Ageing and Later Life2006- Culture Unbound2009- Northern European Journal of Language Technology2009- European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 2009-

9. Services Offered – Editorial support system (JARSS) – Set up and host journal web pages (guidance but not design) – Publish publication-ready articles – Register journal with appropriate indices – DOIs/CrossRef – Archiving of publishing agreements from authors – Creative commons, multimedia…

10. Business Models – No author fees, no advertising, no memberships, no ”pay-for” options – Donated time – Those with a society coupling get administrative help through the society – VR (once off)

11. Lessons Learned – During approval process look carefully at conditions for continuity/survival – It is best (essential?) that more than just a research group is involved in the editorial process – Formal procedures for regular quality control – Editorial support system?? – Flexibility – Google visibility

12. Small journals and Current Research Evaluation – In the Nordic countries, the research output of Universities and researchers are evaluated using either ”Norwegian” or ”ISI” models (or a combination) – For ISI models, journals must be indexed by ISI Relatively poor coverage of HSS (although growing) For small journals, ISI’s evaluation procedure is not easy – For Norwegian models, journals are ranked as level 1 or 2 (top 20% in field). Easy to be ranked; difficult to become level 2

13. In Summary – There is a demand/role for University libraries to offer hosting services for Open Access journals – A serious evaluation procedure is essential along with clear conditions for hosting – Necessary to stress the amount of work involved in running an international journal