Society Publishers Accelerating Open access and Plan S (SPA-OPS)

Consultation

We have published a discussion paper which outlines potential transition strategies and business models that could be used alone or in combination.

The paper will be further developed and improved with feedback from this survey and further discussion with learned society publishers and other stakeholders.

We are using this survey to reach out to a broad spectrum of society publishers, all of whom we are keen to hear from. This format will help us to analyse your feedback and we provide plenty of free-text opportunities. You are also welcome to contact us directly at: info@informationpower.co.uk

The first five questions are about the journals you publish. This will enable us to review your responses in context.

The questions that follow are about the 7 categories of approaches and models so far identified. (These can used alone or in combination) They are:

· Transformative Models

·       Cooperative Infrastructure & Funding Models

·       Evolving Traditional Models

·       Article Transaction Models

·       Open Platforms

·       Other Revenue Models

·       Strategies for Change and Cost Reduction

Finally, we ask about ideas you may have and are willing to share.

We thank you for your time.

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* 1. How many titles do you have?

Less than 5

5 to 10

More than 10

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* 2. Do you self-publish?

Yes

If you do not self-publish, please tell us who your publishing partner is?

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* 3. In which subject areas do you publish?

STEM

HSS

STEM and HSS

Other

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* 4. Please tell us about the transition status of your portfolio of journals.

All of our journals are fully OA.

All of our journals are hybrid OA.

All of our journals are fully OA or hybrid OA.

Most of our journals are fully OA or hybrid OA.

Some of our journals are fully OA or hybrid OA.

None of our journals are OA or hybrid OA.

Not sure.

Tell us about any other open access models and activities you aleady use.

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* 5. Please tell us in which country your Society has its headquarters.

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* 6. We list five Transformative Models:

Choreographed shift models

Read & Publish models

Publish and Read models

California Digital Library pilot transformative agreement

Subscribe to Open

These approaches re-purpose existing spend to open content.
We are interested in your experience of these models and if you would consider them. (You can select more than one of the checkboxes below).

We have direct experience one of these models.

We would consider trying one of these models.

We would not consider trying one of these models.

Please tell us how feasible Transformative Models would be for your society, the support you would need from other stakeholders to try them, and how you would assess and mitigate the risks.

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* 7. Cooperative Infrastructure + Funding Models require close cooperation between libraries and publishers, for example , HRČAK, Kotilava, Open Library for the Humanities and Project MUSE. Please tell us about your level of interest in this type of collaboration.

Extremely interested

Very interested

Somewhat interested

Not interested

Don't know

If you are interested in Cooperative Models please tell us about the support you would need from other stakeholders to try them, and how you would assess and mitigate the risks.

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* 8. Evolving Traditional Models: So long as a peer reviewed version of the full text is made openly available under a CC-BY license at the time of publication, publishers can continue to use the traditional library subscription model for journals and be Plan S compliant.
Please tell us about your interest in these models.

	Extremely Interested	Very interested	Somewhat interested	Not interested	Don't know
Author self-archiving or access via a publisher platform: Journals can continue to operate a subscription model indefinitely, and be fully OA and Plan S compliant, if they actively enable the sharing of accepted manuscripts or final journal articles, at the time of publication, with a CC-BY license.	Author self-archiving or access via a publisher platform: Journals can continue to operate a subscription model indefinitely, and be fully OA and Plan S compliant, if they actively enable the sharing of accepted manuscripts or final journal articles, at the time of publication, with a CC-BY license. Extremely Interested	Author self-archiving or access via a publisher platform: Journals can continue to operate a subscription model indefinitely, and be fully OA and Plan S compliant, if they actively enable the sharing of accepted manuscripts or final journal articles, at the time of publication, with a CC-BY license. Very interested	Author self-archiving or access via a publisher platform: Journals can continue to operate a subscription model indefinitely, and be fully OA and Plan S compliant, if they actively enable the sharing of accepted manuscripts or final journal articles, at the time of publication, with a CC-BY license. Somewhat interested	Author self-archiving or access via a publisher platform: Journals can continue to operate a subscription model indefinitely, and be fully OA and Plan S compliant, if they actively enable the sharing of accepted manuscripts or final journal articles, at the time of publication, with a CC-BY license. Not interested	Author self-archiving or access via a publisher platform: Journals can continue to operate a subscription model indefinitely, and be fully OA and Plan S compliant, if they actively enable the sharing of accepted manuscripts or final journal articles, at the time of publication, with a CC-BY license. Don't know
Reverse paywalls: All articles are immediately published OA and no APCs are charged. The articles remain free for a period of time (say a year) after which they are placed back behind a paywall and are only available via subscription.	Reverse paywalls: All articles are immediately published OA and no APCs are charged. The articles remain free for a period of time (say a year) after which they are placed back behind a paywall and are only available via subscription. Extremely Interested	Reverse paywalls: All articles are immediately published OA and no APCs are charged. The articles remain free for a period of time (say a year) after which they are placed back behind a paywall and are only available via subscription. Very interested	Reverse paywalls: All articles are immediately published OA and no APCs are charged. The articles remain free for a period of time (say a year) after which they are placed back behind a paywall and are only available via subscription. Somewhat interested	Reverse paywalls: All articles are immediately published OA and no APCs are charged. The articles remain free for a period of time (say a year) after which they are placed back behind a paywall and are only available via subscription. Not interested	Reverse paywalls: All articles are immediately published OA and no APCs are charged. The articles remain free for a period of time (say a year) after which they are placed back behind a paywall and are only available via subscription. Don't know

If you are interested in Evolving the Subscription Model please tell us about the support you would need from other stakeholders and how you would assess and mitigate the risks.

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* 9. Article Transaction Models: Please tell us about your interest in these models.

	Extremely interested	Very interested	Somewhat interested	Not interested	Don't know
APC-funded OA: All content is published OA because publishing costs are covered by upfront Article Publishing Charges.	APC-funded OA: All content is published OA because publishing costs are covered by upfront Article Publishing Charges. Extremely interested	APC-funded OA: All content is published OA because publishing costs are covered by upfront Article Publishing Charges. Very interested	APC-funded OA: All content is published OA because publishing costs are covered by upfront Article Publishing Charges. Somewhat interested	APC-funded OA: All content is published OA because publishing costs are covered by upfront Article Publishing Charges. Not interested	APC-funded OA: All content is published OA because publishing costs are covered by upfront Article Publishing Charges. Don't know
Institutional prepay models: Individuals, libraries, or consortia pay an upfront fee to the publisher in exchange for a fee-waived or discounted APC for themselves or for affiliated authors.	Institutional prepay models: Individuals, libraries, or consortia pay an upfront fee to the publisher in exchange for a fee-waived or discounted APC for themselves or for affiliated authors. Extremely interested	Institutional prepay models: Individuals, libraries, or consortia pay an upfront fee to the publisher in exchange for a fee-waived or discounted APC for themselves or for affiliated authors. Very interested	Institutional prepay models: Individuals, libraries, or consortia pay an upfront fee to the publisher in exchange for a fee-waived or discounted APC for themselves or for affiliated authors. Somewhat interested	Institutional prepay models: Individuals, libraries, or consortia pay an upfront fee to the publisher in exchange for a fee-waived or discounted APC for themselves or for affiliated authors. Not interested	Institutional prepay models: Individuals, libraries, or consortia pay an upfront fee to the publisher in exchange for a fee-waived or discounted APC for themselves or for affiliated authors. Don't know
Submission Payments: Payments used in combination with reduced APCs, for example, to spread the cost burden between authors who submit articles that are rejected and those that are accepted.	Submission Payments: Payments used in combination with reduced APCs, for example, to spread the cost burden between authors who submit articles that are rejected and those that are accepted. Extremely interested	Submission Payments: Payments used in combination with reduced APCs, for example, to spread the cost burden between authors who submit articles that are rejected and those that are accepted. Very interested	Submission Payments: Payments used in combination with reduced APCs, for example, to spread the cost burden between authors who submit articles that are rejected and those that are accepted. Somewhat interested	Submission Payments: Payments used in combination with reduced APCs, for example, to spread the cost burden between authors who submit articles that are rejected and those that are accepted. Not interested	Submission Payments: Payments used in combination with reduced APCs, for example, to spread the cost burden between authors who submit articles that are rejected and those that are accepted. Don't know

If you are interested in Article Transaction Models please tell us about the support you would need from other stakeholders and how you would assess and mitigate the risks.

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* 10. Open platforms
F1000 platforms and gateways are hosted services that allow organisations to create a branded area/website to which authors submit papers for publication. Then you, or others, can create services like overlay journals and to charge for these services. Please tell us about your level of interest in this type of service.

Extremely interested

Very interested

Somewhat interested

Not interested

Don't know

If you are interested in Open platforms, please tell us about the support you would need from other stakeholders and how you assess and mitigate the risks.

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* 11. Other Revenue Models. Please tell us if you already use any of these, or if it is likely you would do so.

	We already do this this	It is likely we would do this	It is unlikely we would do this
Advertising	Advertising We already do this this	Advertising It is likely we would do this	Advertising It is unlikely we would do this
Crowd-funding or Crowd-pledging	Crowd-funding or Crowd-pledging We already do this this	Crowd-funding or Crowd-pledging It is likely we would do this	Crowd-funding or Crowd-pledging It is unlikely we would do this
Bequests/Donations/Endowments/Subsidies (sometimes known as Platinum OA)	Bequests/Donations/Endowments/Subsidies (sometimes known as Platinum OA) We already do this this	Bequests/Donations/Endowments/Subsidies (sometimes known as Platinum OA) It is likely we would do this	Bequests/Donations/Endowments/Subsidies (sometimes known as Platinum OA) It is unlikely we would do this
Freemium models	Freemium models We already do this this	Freemium models It is likely we would do this	Freemium models It is unlikely we would do this
Syndication	Syndication We already do this this	Syndication It is likely we would do this	Syndication It is unlikely we would do this

Please tell us more.

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* 12. Strategies for Change and Cost Reduction. Please let us know if your are already using these strategies or how likely it is you would do so.

	We already do or have done this	It is likely we would do this	It is unlikely that we would do this
Flipping Journals: Hybrid journals flipped to become fully OA journals.	Flipping Journals: Hybrid journals flipped to become fully OA journals. We already do or have done this	Flipping Journals: Hybrid journals flipped to become fully OA journals. It is likely we would do this	Flipping Journals: Hybrid journals flipped to become fully OA journals. It is unlikely that we would do this
Close or combine journals: A potential way to reduce costs or to concentrate the proportion of authors able and willing to pay APCs into a single title.	Close or combine journals: A potential way to reduce costs or to concentrate the proportion of authors able and willing to pay APCs into a single title. We already do or have done this	Close or combine journals: A potential way to reduce costs or to concentrate the proportion of authors able and willing to pay APCs into a single title. It is likely we would do this	Close or combine journals: A potential way to reduce costs or to concentrate the proportion of authors able and willing to pay APCs into a single title. It is unlikely that we would do this
Cooperative Infrastructure: For example, The Collaborative Knowledge Foundation (CoKo), Libero, and Open Journal Systems (OJS).	Cooperative Infrastructure: For example, The Collaborative Knowledge Foundation (CoKo), Libero, and Open Journal Systems (OJS). We already do or have done this	Cooperative Infrastructure: For example, The Collaborative Knowledge Foundation (CoKo), Libero, and Open Journal Systems (OJS). It is likely we would do this	Cooperative Infrastructure: For example, The Collaborative Knowledge Foundation (CoKo), Libero, and Open Journal Systems (OJS). It is unlikely that we would do this
Increase article numbers	Increase article numbers We already do or have done this	Increase article numbers It is likely we would do this	Increase article numbers It is unlikely that we would do this
Launch a journal	Launch a journal We already do or have done this	Launch a journal It is likely we would do this	Launch a journal It is unlikely that we would do this
Online only publishing	Online only publishing We already do or have done this	Online only publishing It is likely we would do this	Online only publishing It is unlikely that we would do this
Outsourcing	Outsourcing We already do or have done this	Outsourcing It is likely we would do this	Outsourcing It is unlikely that we would do this
Simplify	Simplify We already do or have done this	Simplify It is likely we would do this	Simplify It is unlikely that we would do this
Splitting journals: Splitting an existing hybrid journal into two entirely separate parts with different business models is a potential transition strategy.	Splitting journals: Splitting an existing hybrid journal into two entirely separate parts with different business models is a potential transition strategy. We already do or have done this	Splitting journals: Splitting an existing hybrid journal into two entirely separate parts with different business models is a potential transition strategy. It is likely we would do this	Splitting journals: Splitting an existing hybrid journal into two entirely separate parts with different business models is a potential transition strategy. It is unlikely that we would do this

Please tell us more.

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* 13. Please tell us more about any strategies and/or business models through which you could potentially adapt under Plan S. We are eager to hear about the creative ideas you might have and are willing to share.

Society Publishers Accelerating Open access and Plan S (SPA-OPS)

Consultation

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* 1. How many titles do you have?

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* 2. Do you self-publish?

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* 3. In which subject areas do you publish?

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* 4. Please tell us about the transition status of your portfolio of journals.

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* 5. Please tell us in which country your Society has its headquarters.

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* 7. Cooperative Infrastructure + Funding Models require close cooperation between libraries and publishers, for example , HRČAK, Kotilava, Open Library for the Humanities and Project MUSE. Please tell us about your level of interest in this type of collaboration.

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* 9. Article Transaction Models: Please tell us about your interest in these models.

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* 11. Other Revenue Models. Please tell us if you already use any of these, or if it is likely you would do so.

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* 12. Strategies for Change and Cost Reduction. Please let us know if your are already using these strategies or how likely it is you would do so.

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* 13. Please tell us more about any strategies and/or business models through which you could potentially adapt under Plan S. We are eager to hear about the creative ideas you might have and are willing to share.

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* 14. What, if any, support would you require from other stakeholders to transition to this strategy and/or business model.