30 March 2021
Partnering with PLOS:
Community Action Publishing (CAP) Q1 2021 update
Today’s speakers
Today’s focus
Brief reCAP
Intros to PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine
CAP progress to date and next steps
Q&A
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What and why again?
Recap on PLOS Community Action Publishing (CAP)
ReCAP...
PLOS wants to cover the cost of selective publishing without high APCs.
PLOS CAP does that by:
Research 4 Life countries are automatic members!
When communities’ meet targets, additional revenue is redistributed to members
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Why selective open-access titles?
helping the community to keep track of the most significant developments in the life sciences
It’s a crowded world
Chart Source: https://blog.scopus.com/posts/everything-you-need-to-know-about-scopus-content-but-didn-t-know-to-ask
Copyright © 2016 Elsevier
A bit about PLOS Biology
Aims to give voice to significant advances that will be widely read, built upon and drive future discovery. In all life sciences.
Promoting reproducibility, transparency, rigor & trust in science
To shield authors from the rising costs of publishing OA in selective journals
New selectivity (research Q), new article types
Our magazine section: an advocacy platform
Editorial policies
Article types
Publish as you discover
A process that reflects and accompanies the research process rather than interrupting and hindering it
PLOS journals require authors to make all data underlying the findings described in their manuscript fully available without restriction at the time of publication.
When specific legal or ethical requirements prohibit public sharing of a dataset, authors must indicate how researchers may obtain access to the data.
March 2014�
PLOS data availability policy
Transparent peer-review at PLOS Biology
in 2020
65% of eligible PLOS Biology authors
chose to publish their peer review history alongside their final article
Across PLOS, more than 10,000 articles
have featured published peer reviews
The disruptive potential of preprints
data collection & analysis
draft manuscript
journal submission
peer review
publication
assessment
4mo – 1.5y
CAP reception has been great
This is very exciting. I had no idea it was in the works and am thrilled to hear about it. I definitely think we want to make sure MIT colleagues know about it, both in Biology and other departments. I can check in with Chris Bourg and see if they have plans already to advertise it beyond the news article you linked to. - Mike Laub, MIT
PLOS Medicine
PLOS Medicine
PLOS Medicine selects and publishes research with the greatest potential impact on health and healthcare globally. We’ve made it our priority to ensure those studies meet every standard for quality, rigor, and relevance to an eager audience of global readers.
Prioritizing a fair, ethical and rigorous peer review process
Surfacing emerging research of global importance
Creating trust through research transparency
Striving for global diversity among authors and readers
Advancing equity in Open Science
We make the highest quality medical research immediately available and equally accessible to clinicians, patients, policymakers and researchers alike.
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What we publish: PLOS Medicine article types
PLOS CAP progress so far
ReCAP...
PLOS wants to cover the cost of selective publishing without high APCs.
PLOS CAP does that by:
Research 4 Life countries are automatic members!
When communities’ meet targets, additional revenue is redistributed to members
Targets (including new title)
Transparent cost recovery targets, based on journal costs from 2019 and anticipated costs for new title...
Pricing
Transparency
Based on 2019 pricing and cost base.
Targets
Meeting these targets will take time, we hope to have made significant progress by
the end of the pilot period in 2023
What were we hoping for in the first year of the pilot?
11% of Biology target
13% of Medicine target
Achieved ~17% of both
Community Membership
Total PLOS Biology CAP members
72
Total PLOS Medicine CAP members
71
Total Unique members
76
Community Membership
Distribution of members across the tiers
Portland State University
The Francis Crick Institute
The Pirbright Institute
University of Arizona
University of Salford
Brandeis University
Brock University
Imperial College London
Indiana University
John Hopkins University
Liverpool John Moores University
McMaster University
Michigan State University
MIT
Mount Allison University
Mount Saint Vincent University
North Carolina State University
Northumbria University
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Purdue University
Queen's University
Queen's University Belfast
Rowan University
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Simon Fraser University
The Open University
UNC Chapel Hill
Universite Laval
University College London
University at Buffalo
Imperial College
University of Alberta
University of Birmingham
University of Cambridge
University of Canterbury
University of Chicago
University of Guelph
University of Hertfordshire
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Leeds
University of Liverpool
University of Manchester
University of Manitoba
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of New Brunswick
University of Ottawa
University of Regensburg
University of Saskatchewan
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of St. Andrews
University of Stirling
University of Texas-Austin
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
University of Western Ontario
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of York
Uppsala Universitet
Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Wilfrid Laurier University
William & Mary Library
Yale University
York University
Christian Medical College Vellore
Georgetown University Medical Center
Newcastle University
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Lessons learned,
iteration,
and what comes next
Lessons learned so far!
⛔ One and done agreements
🚀 Supporting lift off
✎ Adjusting to consortial needs
⚙ It’s all about infrastructure/data
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How we’re iterating
Partner collaboration data quality is essential
Infrastructure
Challenges...adjusting to a new model and mindset
This model if fundamentally different from other collective action and “uncapped” publishing offerings.
The usual negotiating tactics need not apply.
Challenges...adjusting to a new model and mindset
The usual negotiating tactics cannot apply.
In exchange for transparency, simplicity, and sustainability, consortia and institutions must treat this model differently.
So what’s next?
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Chase 2022 targets
Expand to broader geographies
Support other orgs considering the model
Consider iterations of the model for other PLOS journals
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Thank you!
Questions?