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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Becoming “open”: is publishing in open access journals possible?<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[home#_ftn1|[1]]]</span></span>
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<div id="content_view" class="wiki" style="display: block"><span style="text-align: center"><span style="display: block; text-align: center"><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Becoming "open": is publishing in open access journals possible?<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[[#_ftn1|[1]]]</span></span><br /> </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">What's wrong?</span><br />  
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">What’s wrong?</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Many academics/institutions don't have access to literature they need</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Many academics/institutions don’t have access to literature they need</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">The cost of closed journals is often prohibitively high</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">The cost of closed journals is often prohibitively high</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">This lack of access is a global problem, especially in developing countries</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">This lack of access is a global problem, especially in developing countries</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Closed journals may not be in the interest of the best research</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Closed journals may not be in the interest of the best research</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Researchers may lose rights to and control over their own work</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Researchers may lose rights to and control over their own work</span>
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<br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Yet, the alternative of Open Access publishing holds many concerns, especially for early-career researchers, including:</span><br />  
  
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Yet, the alternative of Open Access publishing holds many concerns, especially for early-career researchers, including:</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">I will be hiding my work away in less visible (low prestige) journals.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">I will be hiding my work away in less visible (low prestige) journals.</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">I must relegate my work to low impact (low IF) journals.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">I must relegate my work to low impact (low IF) journals.</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Peer review will be of low quality.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Peer review will be of low quality.</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">I will not get a job/grant/tenure.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">I will not get a job/grant/tenure.</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">It will cost too much.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">It will cost too much.</span>
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<br /> <u><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Myth 1</span></u><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">: Open Access provides less visibility</span><br />  
  
<u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Myth 1</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">: Open Access provides less visibility</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">By being open, you may in fact get more exposure (</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.istl.org/10-winter/article2.html Wagner 2010]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[https://peerj.com/articles/175/ Piwowar and Vision 2013]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">)</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">By being open, you may in fact get more exposure (</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http:''www.istl.org/10-winter/article2.html|Wagner 2010]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[https:''peerj.com/articles/175/|Piwowar and Vision 2013]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">)</span>
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<br /> <u><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Myth 2</span></u><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">: It would require publishing in low Impact Factor journals</span><br />  
  
<u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Myth 2</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">: It would require publishing in low Impact Factor journals</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">The scientific community has begun to find IFs have extended </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2012/08/13/sick-of-impact-factors well past their original intention]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, and can often hide more than they reveal about the quality of the research.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">The scientific community has begun to find IFs have extended </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2012/08/13/sick-of-impact-factors|well past their original intention]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, and can often hide more than they reveal about the quality of the research.</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">But decide for yourself, and seek out journals with </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://figshare.com/articles/Open_Access_Journals_2013_Impact_Factors/1206415 impacts you desire]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">But decide for yourself, and seek out journals with </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http://figshare.com/articles/Open_Access_Journals_2013_Impact_Factors/1206415|impacts you desire]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">.</span>
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<br /> <u><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Myth 3</span></u><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">: Peer review at OA journals is poor quality</span><br />  
  
<u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Myth 3</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">: Peer review at OA journals is poor quality</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Retraction rate is highest in high IF subscription journals</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Retraction rate is highest in high IF subscription journals</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">No controlled study comparing peer review in subscription vs. OA journals</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">No controlled study comparing peer review in subscription vs. OA journals</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full Bohannon `sting'] did not look at peer review in subscription journals</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full|Bohannon `sting']] did not look at peer review in subscription journals</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Bohannon `sting' found reputable OA publishers rejected spoof paper</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Bohannon `sting' found reputable OA publishers rejected spoof paper</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Peer review can be very transparent in OA journals. E.g. you may be able to read the entire peer review history (all reviews and changes)</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Peer review can be very transparent in OA journals. E.g. you may be able to read the entire peer review history (all reviews and changes)</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">OA journals offering open peer review include </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.biomedcentral.com BioMed Central]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[https://peerj.com/ PeerJ]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[[f1000research.com|F1000 Research]]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, and </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.gigasciencejournal.com/ GigaScience]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">. [And many others, such as the [http://www.jwsr.org/ Journal of World-Systems Research]]</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">OA journals offering open peer review include </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http:''www.biomedcentral.com|BioMed Central]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[https://peerj.com/|PeerJ]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[f1000research.com|F1000 Research]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, and </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http://www.gigasciencejournal.com/|GigaScience]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">. [And many others, such as the [[http:''www.jwsr.org/|Journal of World-Systems Research]]]</span>
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<br /> <u><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Myth 4</span></u><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">: I won't get a job, grants, or tenure</span><br />  
  
<u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Myth 4</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">: I won't get a job, grants, or tenure</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Over 500 organizations and 12,000 individuals have signed the American Society for Cell Biology's </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px"><nowiki>[[am.ascb.org/dora|Declaration on Research Assessment]]</nowiki></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, pledging:</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Over 500 organizations and 12,000 individuals have signed the American Society for Cell Biology’s </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[am.ascb.org/dora|Declaration on Research Assessment]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, pledging:</span>
 
# <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Not to consider journal-based metrics (JIF) in hiring, promotion, or funding decisions</span>
 
# <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">The content of a paper will be weighed more heavily in evaluations than the journal in which it was published</span>
 
# <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">To consider the value and impact of all research outputs</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Faculty in U.S universities are taking the issue up as well, for instance at the </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http://www.facultysenate.vcu.edu/2010/11/17/vcu-faculty-senate-resolution-1/|Virginia Commonwealth University]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;"> and the </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[openaccess.unt.edu/denton-declaration|University of North Texas]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">.</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Many funders now have open access or public access mandates, including: </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[nih.gov|National Institutes of Health]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http:''data.worldbank.org|The World Bank]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/funding/eligibilityforrcs/|Research Councils UK]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[https://www.hhmi.org/|Howard Hughes Medical Institute]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, and </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http:''www.wellcome.ac.uk/funding/|Wellcome Trust]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">.</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Alternatively, you can </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http:''www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/|search for funder policies]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;"> or </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http:''www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/overview-funders-data-policies|make comparisons]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;"> yourself.</span>
 
  
<u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Myth 5</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">: OA publishing costs too much</span>
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# <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Not to consider journal-based metrics (JIF) in hiring, promotion, or funding decisions</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Many OA journals do not charge.</span>
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# <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">The content of a paper will be weighed more heavily in evaluations than the journal in which it was published</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Journals like </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[https://peerj.com/|PeerJ]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;"> have one-time, low-cost membership fees.</span>
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# <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">To consider the value and impact of all research outputs</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Many journals have waivers.</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Many institutions have OA publisher memberships.</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Many institutions have OA publishing funds.</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Some funders have started </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Policy/Spotlight-issues/Open-access/Charity-open-access-fund/|charities to cover OA fees]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">.</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Self-archiving costs nothing and is a great way to be open. You have many options, such as through </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http:''figshare.com|figshare]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[arXiv.org|arxiv]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http:''biorxiv.org|bioRxiv]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;"> , institutional repositories, and personal websites.</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">There are increasingly more institutional repositories for open data across the globe, including </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[lareferencia.redclara.net/rfr|LA Referencia]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">[[http:''www.remeri.org.mx/portal/index.html|REMERI]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">, and </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http:''www.redalyc.org/home.oa|Redalyc]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">. These repositories also allow you to generate bibliometric and usage data for evaluation at no cost.</span>
 
  
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">What it really means to publish openly</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Faculty in U.S universities are taking the issue up as well, for instance at the </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.facultysenate.vcu.edu/2010/11/17/vcu-faculty-senate-resolution-1/ Virginia Commonwealth University]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px"> and the </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px"><nowiki>[[openaccess.unt.edu/denton-declaration|University of North Texas]]</nowiki></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Researchers in developing countries can see your work</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Many funders now have open access or public access mandates, including: </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[[nih.gov|National Institutes of Health]]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://data.worldbank.org The World Bank]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/funding/eligibilityforrcs/ Research Councils UK]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[https://www.hhmi.org/ Howard Hughes Medical Institute]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, and </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/funding/ Wellcome Trust]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">More exposure for your work</span>
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* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Alternatively, you can </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/ search for funder policies]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px"> or </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/overview-funders-data-policies make comparisons]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px"> yourself.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Practitioners can apply your findings</span>
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<br /> <u><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Myth 5</span></u><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">: OA publishing costs too much</span><br />  
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Higher citation rates</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Can influence policy</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">The broader public can access your work</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Compliant with grant rules</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Taxpayers get value for money</span>
 
  
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Advice to Early Career Researchers (ECRs)</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Many OA journals do not charge.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Make a list of OA journals in your field - </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[doaj.org|know your options]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">.</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Journals like </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[https://peerj.com/ PeerJ]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px"> have one-time, low-cost membership fees.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Discuss open access, preprints, self-archiving upfront with collaborators</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Many journals have waivers.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Blog about your science - write so those outside your field can understand</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Many institutions have OA publisher memberships.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Be active on social media to increase visibility </span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Many institutions have OA publishing funds.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Document your </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[https://impactstory.org|altmetrics]]</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Some funders have started </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Policy/Spotlight-issues/Open-access/Charity-open-access-fund/ charities to cover OA fees]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Seek out </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http://opencon2014.org|support for student and early career researchers]]</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Self-archiving costs nothing and is a great way to be open. You have many options, such as through </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://figshare.com figshare]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[[arXiv.org|arxiv]]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://biorxiv.org bioRxiv]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px"> , institutional repositories, and personal websites.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Learn about the </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http://creativecommons.org/about|creative commons]]</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">There are increasingly more institutional repositories for open data across the globe, including </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px"><nowiki>[[lareferencia.redclara.net/rfr|LA Referencia]]</nowiki></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 14.6667px">[http://www.remeri.org.mx/portal/index.html REMERI]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">, and </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.redalyc.org/home.oa Redalyc]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">. These repositories also allow you to generate bibliometric and usage data for evaluation at no cost.</span>
 +
<br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">What it really means to publish openly</span><br />  
  
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Discussing OA with your mentor</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Researchers in developing countries can see your work</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Ask your mentor for a meeting to discuss publishing options</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">More exposure for your work</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Put together concise (15 mins max) presentation on benefits of OA</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Practitioners can apply your findings</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Include data (lack of access worldwide, advancements made through open science, citation advantage)</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Higher citation rates</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Explain how your work and the lab could benefit from being open</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Can influence policy</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Create a list of OA options and share this list with your mentor</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">The broader public can access your work</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">If your mentor insists on a toll access journal, discuss submitting an author addendum</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Compliant with grant rules</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Start these discussions EARLY!!</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Taxpayers get value for money</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">From interview with </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[arcscon.tumblr.com/post/84942060277/advocating-for-openness|ARCSCon ]]</span>
+
<br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Advice to Early Career Researchers (ECRs)</span><br />  
  
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">How to support ECRs in being open</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Make a list of OA journals in your field - </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[[doaj.org|know your options]]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN!</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Discuss open access, preprints, self-archiving upfront with collaborators</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Lead by example - be open and others will see benefits</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Blog about your science - write so those outside your field can understand</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Be receptive - answer emails, tweets, questions from ECRs about OA</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Be active on social media to increase visibility </span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Say yes to giving tutorials, guest lectures, talks at meetings</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Document your </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[https://impactstory.org altmetrics]</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Do not consider where people publish in making hiring, grant, or tenure decisions</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Seek out </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://opencon2014.org support for student and early career researchers]</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Write open access publishing funds into your grants</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Learn about the </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://creativecommons.org/about creative commons]</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Create incentives for being open</span>
+
<br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Discussing OA with your mentor</span><br />  
  
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">How do we encourage sharing?</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Ask your mentor for a meeting to discuss publishing options</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Educate researchers</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Put together concise (15 mins max) presentation on benefits of OA</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Have clear policies on citation of primary data</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Include data (lack of access worldwide, advancements made through open science, citation advantage)</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Recognize data sharing in tenure and promotion</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Explain how your work and the lab could benefit from being open</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Provide financial support for data preparation</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Create a list of OA options and share this list with your mentor</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Develop infrastructure for data deposit and storage (see </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001779|Roche et al. 2014]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">)</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">If your mentor insists on a toll access journal, discuss submitting an author addendum</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Start these discussions EARLY!!</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">From interview with </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px"><nowiki>[[arcscon.tumblr.com/post/84942060277/advocating-for-openness|ARCSCon ]]</nowiki></span>
 +
<br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">How to support ECRs in being open</span><br />  
  
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Take-home messages</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN!</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">There does not have to be a conflict between being open and being successful.</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Lead by example - be open and others will see benefits</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Being open does not have to hurt your career - it can help it!</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Be receptive - answer emails, tweets, questions from ECRs about OA</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">At any stage of your career, you have the right to stand up for your beliefs.</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Say yes to giving tutorials, guest lectures, talks at meetings</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">If you believe in openness, stand up for it. Make it happen.</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Do not consider where people publish in making hiring, grant, or tenure decisions</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Opening up academia starts with you and the choices you make.</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Write open access publishing funds into your grants</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http://openaccess.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/07/you-know-what-you-write-but-do-you-know-your-rights/|Know your rights - don't sign them away]]</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Create incentives for being open</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">In sum...don't lock up your research!</span>
+
<br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">How do we encourage sharing?</span><br />  
  
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[http://www.openaccesspledge.com/|Pledge to be open!]]</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Educate researchers</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">I will not edit, review, or work for closed access journals.</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Have clear policies on citation of primary data</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">I will blog my work and post preprints, when possible.</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Recognize data sharing in tenure and promotion</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">I will publish only in open access journals.</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Provide financial support for data preparation</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">I will not publish in Cell, Nature, or Science.</span>
+
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Develop infrastructure for data deposit and storage (see </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001779 Roche et al. 2014]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">)</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">I will pull my name off a paper if coauthors refuse to be open.</span>
+
<br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Take-home messages</span><br />  
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">If I am going to 'make it' in science, it has to be on terms I can live with.</span>
 
  
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">There does not have to be a conflict between being open and being successful.</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Being open does not have to hurt your career - it can help it!</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">At any stage of your career, you have the right to stand up for your beliefs.</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">If you believe in openness, stand up for it. Make it happen.</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">Opening up academia starts with you and the choices you make.</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://openaccess.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/07/you-know-what-you-write-but-do-you-know-your-rights/ Know your rights - don't sign them away]</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">In sum...don't lock up your research!</span>
 +
<br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">[http://www.openaccesspledge.com/ Pledge to be open!]</span><br />
  
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">I will not edit, review, or work for closed access journals.</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">I will blog my work and post preprints, when possible.</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">I will publish only in open access journals.</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">I will not publish in Cell, Nature, or Science.</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">I will pull my name off a paper if coauthors refuse to be open.</span>
 +
* <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 15.3333px">If I am going to 'make it' in science, it has to be on terms I can live with.</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 14px;">[[home#_ftnref1|[1]]]</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Adapted from </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14px;">[[http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/23441/|McKiernan, Erin C. (2014).]]</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14px;"> Culture change in academia: Making sharing the new norm. In: University of Pittsburgh Open Access Week 2014, 22 Oct 2014, Pittsburgh, USA. (Unpublished) </span>
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<span style="font-family: &#39;Cambria&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 14px">[[#_ftnref1|[1]]]</span><span style="font-size: 14px"> Adapted from </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 14px">[http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/23441/ McKiernan, Erin C. (2014).]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 14px"> Culture change in academia: Making sharing the new norm. In: University of Pittsburgh Open Access Week 2014, 22 Oct 2014, Pittsburgh, USA. (Unpublished) </span></div>

Latest revision as of 13:57, 3 June 2018

Becoming "open": is publishing in open access journals possible?[1]


What's wrong?
  • Many academics/institutions don't have access to literature they need
  • The cost of closed journals is often prohibitively high
  • This lack of access is a global problem, especially in developing countries
  • Closed journals may not be in the interest of the best research
  • Researchers may lose rights to and control over their own work


Yet, the alternative of Open Access publishing holds many concerns, especially for early-career researchers, including:

  • I will be hiding my work away in less visible (low prestige) journals.
  • I must relegate my work to low impact (low IF) journals.
  • Peer review will be of low quality.
  • I will not get a job/grant/tenure.
  • It will cost too much.


Myth 1: Open Access provides less visibility


Myth 2: It would require publishing in low Impact Factor journals


Myth 3: Peer review at OA journals is poor quality

  • Retraction rate is highest in high IF subscription journals
  • No controlled study comparing peer review in subscription vs. OA journals
  • Bohannon `sting' did not look at peer review in subscription journals
  • Bohannon `sting' found reputable OA publishers rejected spoof paper
  • Peer review can be very transparent in OA journals. E.g. you may be able to read the entire peer review history (all reviews and changes)
  • OA journals offering open peer review include BioMed Central, PeerJ, F1000 Research, and GigaScience. [And many others, such as the Journal of World-Systems Research]


Myth 4: I won't get a job, grants, or tenure

  • Over 500 organizations and 12,000 individuals have signed the American Society for Cell Biology's [[am.ascb.org/dora|Declaration on Research Assessment]], pledging:
  1. Not to consider journal-based metrics (JIF) in hiring, promotion, or funding decisions
  2. The content of a paper will be weighed more heavily in evaluations than the journal in which it was published
  3. To consider the value and impact of all research outputs


Myth 5: OA publishing costs too much

  • Many OA journals do not charge.
  • Journals like PeerJ have one-time, low-cost membership fees.
  • Many journals have waivers.
  • Many institutions have OA publisher memberships.
  • Many institutions have OA publishing funds.
  • Some funders have started charities to cover OA fees.
  • Self-archiving costs nothing and is a great way to be open. You have many options, such as through figshare, arxiv, bioRxiv , institutional repositories, and personal websites.
  • There are increasingly more institutional repositories for open data across the globe, including [[lareferencia.redclara.net/rfr|LA Referencia]], REMERI, and Redalyc. These repositories also allow you to generate bibliometric and usage data for evaluation at no cost.


What it really means to publish openly

  • Researchers in developing countries can see your work
  • More exposure for your work
  • Practitioners can apply your findings
  • Higher citation rates
  • Can influence policy
  • The broader public can access your work
  • Compliant with grant rules
  • Taxpayers get value for money


Advice to Early Career Researchers (ECRs)


Discussing OA with your mentor

  • Ask your mentor for a meeting to discuss publishing options
  • Put together concise (15 mins max) presentation on benefits of OA
  • Include data (lack of access worldwide, advancements made through open science, citation advantage)
  • Explain how your work and the lab could benefit from being open
  • Create a list of OA options and share this list with your mentor
  • If your mentor insists on a toll access journal, discuss submitting an author addendum
  • Start these discussions EARLY!!
  • From interview with [[arcscon.tumblr.com/post/84942060277/advocating-for-openness|ARCSCon ]]


How to support ECRs in being open

  • LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN!
  • Lead by example - be open and others will see benefits
  • Be receptive - answer emails, tweets, questions from ECRs about OA
  • Say yes to giving tutorials, guest lectures, talks at meetings
  • Do not consider where people publish in making hiring, grant, or tenure decisions
  • Write open access publishing funds into your grants
  • Create incentives for being open


How do we encourage sharing?

  • Educate researchers
  • Have clear policies on citation of primary data
  • Recognize data sharing in tenure and promotion
  • Provide financial support for data preparation
  • Develop infrastructure for data deposit and storage (see Roche et al. 2014)


Take-home messages

  • There does not have to be a conflict between being open and being successful.
  • Being open does not have to hurt your career - it can help it!
  • At any stage of your career, you have the right to stand up for your beliefs.
  • If you believe in openness, stand up for it. Make it happen.
  • Opening up academia starts with you and the choices you make.
  • Know your rights - don't sign them away
  • In sum...don't lock up your research!


Pledge to be open!

  • I will not edit, review, or work for closed access journals.
  • I will blog my work and post preprints, when possible.
  • I will publish only in open access journals.
  • I will not publish in Cell, Nature, or Science.
  • I will pull my name off a paper if coauthors refuse to be open.
  • If I am going to 'make it' in science, it has to be on terms I can live with.




[1] Adapted from McKiernan, Erin C. (2014). Culture change in academia: Making sharing the new norm. In: University of Pittsburgh Open Access Week 2014, 22 Oct 2014, Pittsburgh, USA. (Unpublished)