I just published a blog post arguing that the reform movements for research assessment and scientific publishing need to better align their agendas. This is crucial for the success of both movements.

https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/assessment-reform-and-publishing-reform-need-to-go-hand-in-hand

@leidenmadtrics

The Metascience Alliance is launching at #Metascience2025! This new cross-sector network is building collaboration to better understand & improve the research system. We want your input! Here's how to get involved:

🔍 Read the concept: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EKSIc7V1gsM7g5_JBuNWtU20abm6x7BhIHI7N6wbrkg/edit?usp=sharing

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Why is Microsoft setting up a publishing imprint? A thought experiment: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robjohnsonresearchconsulting_microsoft-launches-imprint-that-aims-to-be-activity-7266747773750853632-AFj3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Since 2016 or so I spend Saturday mornings doing 'professional volunteer work'. Writing reviews of articles and grant proposals, recommendation letters, that sort of thing. You know, the tasks that don't fit in the regular work week, and cannot be charged to a project budget, but are nice to do.
Usually these things serve only one or at best a handful of people. [1/6]

Delighted to see our new report for cOAlition S on 'Towards Responsible Publishing' released today, there are a wealth of insights into #scholcomm to be found in our findings, all fully open and reusable:
https://www.growkudos.com/projects/towards-responsible-publishing-findings-from-a-global-stakeholder-consultation

Scientific publishing is at a crossroads. To coincide with #FEBS2024, I explore the potential for three alternative models to disrupt the status quo: 1. Funder Platforms 2. Publish, Review, Curate 3. Deconstructed Publishing

https://network.febs.org/posts/beyond-the-journal-the-future-of-scientific-publishing?channel_id=728-viewpoints

I shared some thoughts on Open access: The price of diamond in this new @ResProfNews article https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe-infrastructure-2024-6-open-access-the-price-of-diamond/

In the podcast below, with Anthony Haynes, I talk about our work at Research Consulting and share my top 3 lessons on #researchcommunications - 1. Infrastructure matters 2. Marketing matters and 3. Incentives matters #scholcomm #openaccess #greylitcafe

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1936705/15122600

📈 Independent society publishers saw median revenue GROWTH of 21% 2014-2022.
😔 Societies who outsourced their journals publishing saw a median DECLINE of 30%.
To find out why (and what it has to do with a big yellow taxi and #openaccess) check out: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10933141 #UKSG2024

A significant development today in the world of #scholcomm and #openaccess - the Gates Foundation will be mandating preprint posting and ceasing to pay APCs for #openaccess publication with effect from 1 Jan 2025, https://www.cgdev.org/blog/advancing-equity-and-innovation-research-publishing-time-new-era-open-access-movement

The elephant in the library: my thoughts on last night's discussions at the University of London on the Future of Humanities Publishing: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/elephant-library-rob-johnson-sonxe/?trackingId=XFPwBIigSgCnHHFjFyDPZg%3D%3D

Are we witnessing a much-needed shake-up of a dysfunctional market or the erosion of a critical industry serving the public good? My thoughts on growth at Elsevier amidst worrying times for the wider scholarly publishing industry #scholcomm #openaccess https://bit.ly/42GdlCA

Is the establishment of a 'federated global community of #diamondOA' really possible? My thoughts on a new discussion paper from
@johanrooryck and
Pierre Mounier
are here: https://bit.ly/47xxcEL

@MKarhulahti the salary costs in the chart are for in-house staff undertaking roles as shown below, rather than editorial roles. Editorial costs are included in the article production costs and are much less significant. The avg. cost per full-time staff member in STM publishing is in the region of €100k including social security and on-costs, so this is where a lot of the money goes. PLOS (a non-profit) has even higher costs per person - c.€120k/FTE - as they're paying San Francisco salaries.

@MKarhulahti €38 an hour for an editor, €29 for a production editor. This assumes outsourcing of these activities but keep in mind there is no traditional journal editor in the ORE model (in a gate keeping sense). For a full breakdown of costs see the model here: https://zenodo.org/records/10210989

@brembs Ubiquity could certainly handle the article production and their charges would be at the lower end of my assumptions for this activity. But this leaves ORE reliant on a commercial enterprise (Ubiquity were acquired by De Gruyter a couple of years ago), whereas the aim is to develop a self-sufficient, not-for-profit infrastructure. This aim brings with it a whole set of costs that go well beyond article production.

‘Not-for-profit scholarly publishing might not be cheaper - And that’s OK’. My new post on the cost of publishing is out today on the LSE Impact blog. #openaccess #scholcomm

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/?p=49115

Whoop! The delegate bookings for our 2024 Annual Conference are now open! See you there! https://bit.ly/48EKfpS

Your voice matters! Have your say on the future of scholarly communication by joining the conversation on cOAlition S' 'Towards Responsible Publishing' proposal.
Share your feedback using the link below: https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90624212/cOAlition-S-towards-responsible-publishing
#ResponsiblePublishing #OpenScience #OpenAccess #OpenResearch

At last week’s Europe PMC/ASAPbio workshop on preprint review metadata, we decided to:
- map the metadata transfer ecosystem
- develop a shared data model
- discuss recommendations and endorsements

Learn more and find out how to get involved:
https://asapbio.org/building-a-technological-foundation-for-preprint-review

#PreprintReview23 #OAWeek