open science awareness
Support for bibliodiversity
Online training from the Aix-Marseille University libraries
Support for bibliodiversity
2. scientific publishing: a diverse landscape
1. Bibliodiversity
3. Plurality of publishing stakeholders
4. go further
Contents
5. quiz
Support for bibliodiversity
Support for bibliodiversity
Jussieu Call
Bibliodiversity, what's that?
What are we talking about?
Charter amU
The term “bibliodiversity” has emerged in the scientific field, particularly since the publication of the Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity in 2017. This term, inspired by the concept of biodiversity, refers to the diversity of players in publishing and the invention of innovative publishing models. (Institut Pasteur blog)
Pasteur Institute Blog
Support for bibliodiversity
Scientific publishing: a diverse landscape
Open Access is the free and unrestricted dissemination of scientific research publications.
Predator alert: publishers, journals, conferences
Small vocabulary: examples of editing templates
DOAB and DOAJ: two tools you should know about
OA : Green Open Access vs Gold Open Access
Source : Science ouverte, Université d'Artois
Support for bibliodiversity
Vocabulary Open access models
Green Open Access
Freemium
APC
Abonnement
Gold Open Access
Hybrid model
Pirate Libraries
Source : La science ouverte, Fun MOOC
Support for bibliodiversity
VS
Source
Source
Support for bibliodiversity
Two reliable tools for assessing the quality of open access content
Open Access Books is a platform for open access scientific e-books.
+ info
Directory of Open Access Journals is a platform for open access scientific publications (since 2003). Less than 30% of publications are under APC.
+ info
Please note: not all open access journals charge APCs. For example, of the more than 12,000 journals listed by the DOAJ, only 27% operate on this model.
Support for bibliodiversity
Vigilance regarding predatory journals/conferences
Doubts about the authenticity of a journal? Is it a predatory journal?
These questions are legitimate if you are invited to submit an article to a journal:
- which promises you publication within a timeframe that you consider very short
- whose ethical or editorial practices you question
- which does not deal with your areas of research
Who are these predators?
Tools for distinguishing between them
Focus on ‘Paper Mills’
Support for bibliodiversity
A multitude of players in the publishing industry
With bibliodiversity, new players in publishing have emerged to address the excesses of scientific publishing.
Innovative examples:
The Peer Community Project
OpenEdition
Mersenne Project
This public infrastructure is an alternative publishing option that offers: a distribution platform and a range of services.
New players in the publishing industry are offering open access solutions after peer review of publications.
This is a peer-reviewed preprint recommendation service.
+ info
+ info
+ info
Support for bibliodiversity
go further
Support for bibliodiversity
« Open science, let's liberate knowledge! »
amU Newsletter No. 101, April 2023, p. 22: « Finally, it should be noted that Aix-Marseille University supports fair publication economic models, promoting the development of diversity among scientific publication stakeholders (or bibliodiversity), as expressed in particular in the Jussieu Appeal, to which it has been a signatory since 2017. »
Aix-Marseille University Open Science Barometer - 2022 edition
French Open Science Barometer - Figures for 2022
Ready? Test yourself!
Support for bibliodiversity
Now it's your turn!
Test your knowledge of bibliodiversity.
Start
Support for bibliodiversity
1/2
Which sharing model falls under the Green Open Access?
The author-pays model (APC)
Grant funding for a journal
Depositing in HAL
The Freemium model
Support for bibliodiversity
Correct
Indeed, the other proposals are part of the Golden Open Access.
Continue
Support for bibliodiversity
DOAJ
2/2
Finish
Open Science awareness
Training course
VI. Citizen and participatory sciences
IV. Research data
II. Introduction
VIII. Conclusion
I. Preamble
V. Support for bibliodiversity
VII. Peer review
III. Disseminating publications
continue
Support for bibliodiversity
False !
Try again!
Hint?
New try
Mersenne Project
The Mersenne Centre is an open-access publishing platform developed by the national document coordination unit Mathdoc and the University of Grenoble-Alpes. Journals, books, proceedings and seminars can cover all scientific disciplines. For more information, visit the Mersenne Centre website.
OpenEdition
OpenEdition is a comprehensive digital publishing infrastructure (the portal has been in existence since 2011) dedicated to scientific communication in the humanities and social sciences. It brings together four platforms dedicated to journals with OpenEdition Journals, book collections with OpenEdition Books, research notebooks with Hypothèses, and scientific events with Calenda. As a national research infrastructure, OpenEdition is supported by CLÉO (Centre for Open Electronic Publishing), a research unit (UMR 2504) of the CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, EHESS and Avignon University. Extract from the OpenEdition website and the RNSR OpenEdition journals (formerly Revues.org) is the oldest French portal for journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Predatory publishers, journals, and conferences
To better understand the danger posed by these ‘predators’ in the world of scientific publishing, watch this interview with Vincent Larivière: ‘Predatory journals and conferences’.(source Youtube)
Paper Mills
“Companies (‘ factories’) where one can order falsified articles for publication in scientific journals.”
Source: Schöpfel, Joachim. 2020. ‘The scientific publishing and recognition system has been hacked.’ Blog post. DLIS (blog). 4 May 2020. https://dlis.hypotheses.org/5262 (translation of the interview conducted by Ulrich Herb with science journalist Leonid Schneider about paper mills)
Source
VS
Source
Article 5 of the Aix-Marseille University Charter in favor of open science
"Aix-Marseille University supports fair publishing economic models, promoting the development of bibliodiversity expressed in the Jussieu Appeal, of which AMU is a signatory, and works to finance open national and international infrastructures for the dissemination of research."
French Open Science Barometer
Please note: the French Open Science Barometer focuses on French publications, i.e., publications in which at least one of the authors is affiliated with France. It is therefore the activity of French research that is taken into account, and not that of French scientific publishers! Learn more: French Open Science Barometer
Gold Open Access
This concerns journals that are natively distributed in open access. This is not self-archiving: it is referred to as open electronic publishing. Like ‘traditional’ journals, open access journals have an editorial board that selects and validates the scientific quality of the articles submitted to them. Several economic models exist:
- APC: payment of fees for open access dissemination of articles by their authors or, more often, by their laboratory.
- Freemium: access to content in standard internet format (HTML) is open to everyone, and institutions can access additional features for a fee (downloading articles in PDF format, provision of usage statistics, etc.).
- Subscription or crowdfunding: The production cost is set, and institutions are approached for funding; the content is then freely accessible to everyone. This model works best for books.
- Grant: Institutions finance either individual publications or the editorial system (salaries of editorial secretaries, etc.).
- Diamond model: journals that are completely and immediately open access for readers and free to publish for authors, this model promotes inclusion and bibliodiversity (source: Ouvrir la Science, Publication of a study on ‘diamond’ journals)
Examples: PLoS (APC), Openedition (Freemium), e-manual for beginners in historical sciences (subscription), Scielo (subsidy)
Green Open Access
This involves researchers self-archiving their publications in open archives. Files published under a Creative Commons licence or manuscripts accepted for publication may be deposited. An example in France is HAL (Hyper Article on Line) and its institutional variants, such as HAL amU.
Compass to publish
Spotting predators
Take the test Compass to publish!
"Beware of pseudo-scientific journals whose aim is to make profits at the expense of researchers..."
Identify trusted publishers for your research
Through a series of practical tools and resources, this international, cross-sector initiative aims to educate researchers, promote integrity, and build trust in credible research and publications. Visit Thinkchecksubmit.
Avoiding predatory journals and publishers: definition and indicators. A guide available on coop-ist.
Mir@bel2022
Anchoring French scientific journals internationally with shared, open and quality data on their publishers and their access and redistribution policies
Promote the open circulation of identification and referencing data for French scientific journals and publishers and give them international visibility (DOAJ, Sherpa Romeo) through the cooperation of stakeholders involved in the publishing ecosystem.
The Peer Community Project
In order to combat the obstruction of the free circulation of knowledge caused by the stranglehold of large publishing groups on scientific production and the cost of accessing it, researchers from INRAE (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment) founded Peer Community In in 2017. PCI is a platform for recommending articles deposited in open archives: disciplinary communities of researchers evaluate the scientific quality of these articles according to an open process – the content of the articles and the evaluations are freely accessible, they have a digital identifier (a DOI) and can therefore be cited. There are currently 17 thematic PCIs, open-access platforms for preprints recommended on the basis of peer review.Thus, researchers themselves are reclaiming the publishing process with greater transparency.The homepage for the 17 ICIs can be found here.
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Transcript
open science awareness
Support for bibliodiversity
Online training from the Aix-Marseille University libraries
Support for bibliodiversity
2. scientific publishing: a diverse landscape
1. Bibliodiversity
3. Plurality of publishing stakeholders
4. go further
Contents
5. quiz
Support for bibliodiversity
Support for bibliodiversity
Jussieu Call
Bibliodiversity, what's that?
What are we talking about?
Charter amU
The term “bibliodiversity” has emerged in the scientific field, particularly since the publication of the Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity in 2017. This term, inspired by the concept of biodiversity, refers to the diversity of players in publishing and the invention of innovative publishing models. (Institut Pasteur blog)
Pasteur Institute Blog
Support for bibliodiversity
Scientific publishing: a diverse landscape
Open Access is the free and unrestricted dissemination of scientific research publications.
Predator alert: publishers, journals, conferences
Small vocabulary: examples of editing templates
DOAB and DOAJ: two tools you should know about
OA : Green Open Access vs Gold Open Access
Source : Science ouverte, Université d'Artois
Support for bibliodiversity
Vocabulary Open access models
Green Open Access
Freemium
APC
Abonnement
Gold Open Access
Hybrid model
Pirate Libraries
Source : La science ouverte, Fun MOOC
Support for bibliodiversity
VS
Source
Source
Support for bibliodiversity
Two reliable tools for assessing the quality of open access content
Open Access Books is a platform for open access scientific e-books.
+ info
Directory of Open Access Journals is a platform for open access scientific publications (since 2003). Less than 30% of publications are under APC.
+ info
Please note: not all open access journals charge APCs. For example, of the more than 12,000 journals listed by the DOAJ, only 27% operate on this model.
Support for bibliodiversity
Vigilance regarding predatory journals/conferences
Doubts about the authenticity of a journal? Is it a predatory journal?
These questions are legitimate if you are invited to submit an article to a journal:
Who are these predators?
Tools for distinguishing between them
Focus on ‘Paper Mills’
Support for bibliodiversity
A multitude of players in the publishing industry
With bibliodiversity, new players in publishing have emerged to address the excesses of scientific publishing.
Innovative examples:
The Peer Community Project
OpenEdition
Mersenne Project
This public infrastructure is an alternative publishing option that offers: a distribution platform and a range of services.
New players in the publishing industry are offering open access solutions after peer review of publications.
This is a peer-reviewed preprint recommendation service.
+ info
+ info
+ info
Support for bibliodiversity
go further
Support for bibliodiversity
« Open science, let's liberate knowledge! »
amU Newsletter No. 101, April 2023, p. 22: « Finally, it should be noted that Aix-Marseille University supports fair publication economic models, promoting the development of diversity among scientific publication stakeholders (or bibliodiversity), as expressed in particular in the Jussieu Appeal, to which it has been a signatory since 2017. »
Aix-Marseille University Open Science Barometer - 2022 edition
French Open Science Barometer - Figures for 2022
Ready? Test yourself!
Support for bibliodiversity
Now it's your turn!
Test your knowledge of bibliodiversity.
Start
Support for bibliodiversity
1/2
Which sharing model falls under the Green Open Access?
The author-pays model (APC)
Grant funding for a journal
Depositing in HAL
The Freemium model
Support for bibliodiversity
Correct
Indeed, the other proposals are part of the Golden Open Access.
Continue
Support for bibliodiversity
DOAJ
2/2
Finish
Open Science awareness
Training course
VI. Citizen and participatory sciences
IV. Research data
II. Introduction
VIII. Conclusion
I. Preamble
V. Support for bibliodiversity
VII. Peer review
III. Disseminating publications
continue
Support for bibliodiversity
False !
Try again!
Hint?
New try
Mersenne Project
The Mersenne Centre is an open-access publishing platform developed by the national document coordination unit Mathdoc and the University of Grenoble-Alpes. Journals, books, proceedings and seminars can cover all scientific disciplines. For more information, visit the Mersenne Centre website.
OpenEdition
OpenEdition is a comprehensive digital publishing infrastructure (the portal has been in existence since 2011) dedicated to scientific communication in the humanities and social sciences. It brings together four platforms dedicated to journals with OpenEdition Journals, book collections with OpenEdition Books, research notebooks with Hypothèses, and scientific events with Calenda. As a national research infrastructure, OpenEdition is supported by CLÉO (Centre for Open Electronic Publishing), a research unit (UMR 2504) of the CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, EHESS and Avignon University. Extract from the OpenEdition website and the RNSR OpenEdition journals (formerly Revues.org) is the oldest French portal for journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Predatory publishers, journals, and conferences
To better understand the danger posed by these ‘predators’ in the world of scientific publishing, watch this interview with Vincent Larivière: ‘Predatory journals and conferences’.(source Youtube)
Paper Mills
“Companies (‘ factories’) where one can order falsified articles for publication in scientific journals.”
Source: Schöpfel, Joachim. 2020. ‘The scientific publishing and recognition system has been hacked.’ Blog post. DLIS (blog). 4 May 2020. https://dlis.hypotheses.org/5262 (translation of the interview conducted by Ulrich Herb with science journalist Leonid Schneider about paper mills)
Source
VS
Source
Article 5 of the Aix-Marseille University Charter in favor of open science
"Aix-Marseille University supports fair publishing economic models, promoting the development of bibliodiversity expressed in the Jussieu Appeal, of which AMU is a signatory, and works to finance open national and international infrastructures for the dissemination of research."
French Open Science Barometer
Please note: the French Open Science Barometer focuses on French publications, i.e., publications in which at least one of the authors is affiliated with France. It is therefore the activity of French research that is taken into account, and not that of French scientific publishers! Learn more: French Open Science Barometer
Gold Open Access
This concerns journals that are natively distributed in open access. This is not self-archiving: it is referred to as open electronic publishing. Like ‘traditional’ journals, open access journals have an editorial board that selects and validates the scientific quality of the articles submitted to them. Several economic models exist:
- APC: payment of fees for open access dissemination of articles by their authors or, more often, by their laboratory.
- Freemium: access to content in standard internet format (HTML) is open to everyone, and institutions can access additional features for a fee (downloading articles in PDF format, provision of usage statistics, etc.).
- Subscription or crowdfunding: The production cost is set, and institutions are approached for funding; the content is then freely accessible to everyone. This model works best for books.
- Grant: Institutions finance either individual publications or the editorial system (salaries of editorial secretaries, etc.).
- Diamond model: journals that are completely and immediately open access for readers and free to publish for authors, this model promotes inclusion and bibliodiversity (source: Ouvrir la Science, Publication of a study on ‘diamond’ journals)
Examples: PLoS (APC), Openedition (Freemium), e-manual for beginners in historical sciences (subscription), Scielo (subsidy)Green Open Access
This involves researchers self-archiving their publications in open archives. Files published under a Creative Commons licence or manuscripts accepted for publication may be deposited. An example in France is HAL (Hyper Article on Line) and its institutional variants, such as HAL amU.
Compass to publish
Spotting predators
Take the test Compass to publish!
"Beware of pseudo-scientific journals whose aim is to make profits at the expense of researchers..."
Identify trusted publishers for your research
Through a series of practical tools and resources, this international, cross-sector initiative aims to educate researchers, promote integrity, and build trust in credible research and publications. Visit Thinkchecksubmit.
Avoiding predatory journals and publishers: definition and indicators. A guide available on coop-ist.
Mir@bel2022
Anchoring French scientific journals internationally with shared, open and quality data on their publishers and their access and redistribution policies
Promote the open circulation of identification and referencing data for French scientific journals and publishers and give them international visibility (DOAJ, Sherpa Romeo) through the cooperation of stakeholders involved in the publishing ecosystem.
The Peer Community Project
In order to combat the obstruction of the free circulation of knowledge caused by the stranglehold of large publishing groups on scientific production and the cost of accessing it, researchers from INRAE (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment) founded Peer Community In in 2017. PCI is a platform for recommending articles deposited in open archives: disciplinary communities of researchers evaluate the scientific quality of these articles according to an open process – the content of the articles and the evaluations are freely accessible, they have a digital identifier (a DOI) and can therefore be cited. There are currently 17 thematic PCIs, open-access platforms for preprints recommended on the basis of peer review.Thus, researchers themselves are reclaiming the publishing process with greater transparency.The homepage for the 17 ICIs can be found here.