The Open Journal of
Astrophysics
Peter Coles
The Open Journal of Astrophysics
The Academic
Journal Racket
The Academic Publishing Industry
• Global revenues of the academic publishing industry
amount to about, €22 billion per annum.
• This exceeds the annual global revenues of the recorded
music industry.
• Profit margins for these publishers are much larger (up to
45%) than Apple, Google and BMW.
• The worst offenders are the `Big Four’: Elsevier, Springer,
Wiley and Taylor & Francis.
• The academic community is being fleeced!
24 March, 2019
Open Access
•Most research in astrophysics (and other “blue skies”
subjects) is funded by the taxpayer, so the public should
have access to it.
•Open science is better science
•Does Open Access Publishing go far enough?
•Everything needed to reproduce the results should be made
public: data, analysis tools, the lot…
Why Open Access?
Open Access: Green and Gold
• “Green”= “free” to authors and readers (e.g. arXiv,
institutional repositories, etc)
• “Gold”= free to readers, paid for by authors (via “Author
Processing Charge”) – this is often large, in order to
maintain revenue in the absence of subscription income.
• Open Access of some form is mandatory for some funding
agencies, and this is likely to increase (Plan S).
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•Most new astrophysics research has been available via
“Green” Open Access via the arXiv for > 25 years.
•Running costs are $1M per annum: this amounts to an
average of $11 per paper.
•Who looks at journals?
•Why not just referee the arXiv submissions?
•Hence, the arXiv overlay journal.
Why Academic Journals?
The Open Journal of
Astrophysics
•The Open Journal for Astrophysics ia a free, open
access, community-reviewed “overlay journal” based on
the arXiv
•Published by Maynooth Academic Publishing
•Annual running cost $1000!
•Also thanks to: The Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation,
the arXiv, NASA/ADS, Arfon Smith and Chris Lintott.
•See also, e.g., the Journal of Open Source Software
(JOSS).
The Open Journal of Astrophysics
http://astro.theoj.org
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• Please consider submitting papers! – if it is appropriate
for the astro-ph section of the arXiv then we will
consider it!
•The rate-limiting step in the publishing process is
refereeing, so please take any refereeing requests
seriously – this is not a predatory journal!
To support the Open Journal of
Astrophysics…
Thank you for listening!
Any Questions?
24 March, 2019

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The Open Journal of Astrophysics

  • 1. The Open Journal of Astrophysics Peter Coles
  • 4. The Academic Publishing Industry • Global revenues of the academic publishing industry amount to about, €22 billion per annum. • This exceeds the annual global revenues of the recorded music industry. • Profit margins for these publishers are much larger (up to 45%) than Apple, Google and BMW. • The worst offenders are the `Big Four’: Elsevier, Springer, Wiley and Taylor & Francis. • The academic community is being fleeced! 24 March, 2019
  • 6. •Most research in astrophysics (and other “blue skies” subjects) is funded by the taxpayer, so the public should have access to it. •Open science is better science •Does Open Access Publishing go far enough? •Everything needed to reproduce the results should be made public: data, analysis tools, the lot… Why Open Access?
  • 7. Open Access: Green and Gold • “Green”= “free” to authors and readers (e.g. arXiv, institutional repositories, etc) • “Gold”= free to readers, paid for by authors (via “Author Processing Charge”) – this is often large, in order to maintain revenue in the absence of subscription income. • Open Access of some form is mandatory for some funding agencies, and this is likely to increase (Plan S). 24 March, 2019
  • 9. •Most new astrophysics research has been available via “Green” Open Access via the arXiv for > 25 years. •Running costs are $1M per annum: this amounts to an average of $11 per paper. •Who looks at journals? •Why not just referee the arXiv submissions? •Hence, the arXiv overlay journal. Why Academic Journals?
  • 10. The Open Journal of Astrophysics
  • 11. •The Open Journal for Astrophysics ia a free, open access, community-reviewed “overlay journal” based on the arXiv •Published by Maynooth Academic Publishing •Annual running cost $1000! •Also thanks to: The Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, the arXiv, NASA/ADS, Arfon Smith and Chris Lintott. •See also, e.g., the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS). The Open Journal of Astrophysics
  • 15. • Please consider submitting papers! – if it is appropriate for the astro-ph section of the arXiv then we will consider it! •The rate-limiting step in the publishing process is refereeing, so please take any refereeing requests seriously – this is not a predatory journal! To support the Open Journal of Astrophysics…
  • 16. Thank you for listening! Any Questions? 24 March, 2019