The Open Journal of Astrophysics at INAM
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The document discusses open access academic publishing and proposes an alternative model. It notes that the largest academic publishers make huge profits while overcharging the academic community. It then describes The Open Journal of Astrophysics, an open access, community-reviewed journal built on the arXiv preprint server. With annual costs of only $1000, it provides a much more affordable option than traditional journals. The document encourages the use of preprints and open access models like this one to communicate research ideas more freely and cost-effectively.
The Open Journal of Astrophysics at INAM
- 1. The Open Journal of Astrophysics Peter Coles
- 2. Why write papers? • To communicate scientific ideas…and/or to acquire prestige • For both these reasons, use preprints. • You can put a preprint on arXiv either (a) on submission to a journal or (b) after acceptance by a journal. • Your paper has a better chance of getting noticed (and improved) if you choose (a). • Who are you writing for? A large part of your readership will be early career researchers – make your writing accessible to them. 2 September, 2020
- 3. 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! 2 September, 2020
- 4. •Most new astrophysics research has been available for free 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?
- 5. • The Open Journal for Astrophysics is 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
- 8. Thank you for listening! Any Questions? 2 September, 2020