1. The Society of Danish Science Editors
Can an Open Access mandate avoid destroying a well functioning publication system?
Jørgen Burchardt
The Society of Danish Science Editors

2. I am a researcher and editor
> 33 years as an editor
Experiments with Open Access 1987 (Nordisk Bibliografi for Folkelivsforskning og Nord Nytt)
Established the first Danish peer reviewed journal Open Access in 2001 (Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv)

3. Other pioneers in Open Access
Anders Geertsen, Munksgaard:
First Monday (present USA)
Ugeskrift for Læger 2001 (-2010)

4. Journals - gatekeepers for academic quality
researchers
readers
Editorial process

5. Journals – the quality process
researchers
readers
Editorial process
peer review
discussions
feedback
copy editing
proofreading
imaging
lay out
digital markup
and much more

6. The best editors are necessary for highest quality
researchers
readers
Editorial process

7. Necessary organization
Organisation
(publisher)
researchers
readers
Editorial process

8. Necessary income researchers readers Editorial process subscription
Organisation
(publisher)

9. Author-financed Open Access (golden)
researchers
readers
Editorial process
Organisation
(publisher)
One article = €
(John Houghton)

10. Author-financed Open Access (golden)
Is not a solution in humanities and social sciences
Example:
Historisk Tidsskrift has 25 % authors without a research institution behind them.
(unemployed, retired, teachers at high schools, priests)
And has many other drawbacks

11. Mandate research council FKK 2008
All articles from supported journals had to be Open Access within a year after publication

12. Consequences Arbejderhistorie
subscribers
From 480 to 384 pages
20 % less published articles

13. Mandate research council FKK 2008
Of 28 printed journals:
15 still only in print
4 became OA (delayed)
2 won’t apply
7 are closed

14. Mandate research council FKK 2008
35 % closed or with severe problems
Reason: the research council was more interested in ideology than in publishing

15. OA – no advantage for researchers anymore
Litterature at
Research libraries
Researchers
need
After John Houghton

16. OA – advantage for ordinary people
Humanities and social sciences
and popular STM in Danish
But the municipal libraries could buy a licens for the whole population
OA is not necessary

17. Author-archiving Open Access (green)
researchers
readers
Editorial process
Organisation
(publisher)

18. A manuscript and an article are not the same

19. A manuscript and an article are not the same

20. A manuscript and an article are not the same

21. A manuscript and an article are not the same

22. A manuscript and an article are not the same

23. Enforce the researchers to archive
Researchers know that manuscripts are second class
Archiving is against their will and will only happen after a mandate

24. Author-archiving Open Access (green)
researchers
readers
Editorial process
Organisation
(publisher)

25. Author-archiving Open Access (green)
researchers
readers
Editorial process
Organisation
(publisher)

26. Author-archiving Open Access (green)
researchers
readers
Editorial process
Organisation
(publisher)

27. Green Open Access is Slow to read Slow to use Missing information
Wrong information
You need to use the original article
Bureaucratic and unproductive system
The functioning publishing system will be destroyed

28. Mandating a OA green is a strategy to get OA gold
If universities mandate green open access, making all papers accessible, libraries will begin to cancel journal subscriptions "catastrophically“
Stevan Harnad, Times Higher Education 12 November 2009
And yes, some publishers will decide to leave the business, but that is perfectly fine.
Stevan Harnad, Information Today February 2010

29. OA green mission: Destruction
And from destruction came Phoenix: golden OA

30. What is the most dangerous idea in the world?
It is the ideas about green OA that will reduce the quality and efficiency of the dissemination of research results.
A reduction by only a few percent will be a threat to the world economy, and by that to peace and freedom.

31. That explain why DEFF/Danish Agency for Libraries and Media
Made OA lobby in secret
Kept the editors away from influences (330 mio. kr.)
Never have had open meetings about OA
Closed the doors for researchers, even at announced open OA meetings
Won’t allow researchers to join the OA network
Never have invited the Danish OA pioneers to share their experiences
Didn’t involve researchers, editors or publishers in the writing of the recommendation

32. This strategy will strengthen even the strongest
The smallest and weakest publishers will go out of business
The weak publishers will become more weak
The strongest companies will miss competition and by this become stronger

33. The Society of Danish Science Editors
Can an Open Access mandate avoid destroying a well functioning publication system? NO Open Access green is not a solution in and of itself but a strategic means to destroy the current publishing system
Jørgen Burchardt
The Society of Danish Science Editors