Expanding Global Access

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CAIP Meeting

September 22, 2000

Mission StatementProvide to its members and to the worldwide

scientific community a comprehensive

collection, in any medium, of high-quality

information products and services that

advance the practice of the chemical and

related sciences.

International Goals

• Provide the highest quality research from the global research community

• Increase worldwide distribution of content

• Increase global usage

• Increase number of global licenses

Global Factors• Global collaboration among scientists

• Global market for scientific information

• Global recognition and appeal of ACS publications

• Web technology driving change

• Country-wide licenses for electronic journals

ACS International Scope

• International editors and offices increasing

• 55.35% of manuscripts are published by corresponding authors outside the U.S.

• Highest cited and most heavily used publications in chemistry

• SPARC Projects increasing global awareness (OL, CGD)

The Web Environment• Publishing at the “Speed of Science”

• Building global community

• Improving cycle times

• Increasing usage of ACS Web Editions (ca. 10% per month)

• Digitizing backfile

• Examining Preprints vs. Prepublication

Preprint Servers

• Extensive discussions with ACS journal editors

• 1999 survey of ACS members (organic, analytical, physical, polymers/materials, biochemistry, pharmaceutical, applied energy) produced mixed reviews, serious concerns

• Other scientific disciplines (e.g. physics) have a tradition with preprints

Preprint Servers (Cont.)

• ACS is monitoring the development of and the response to preprint servers in chemistry

Prepublication Examples

• ACS Articles ASAP delivers fully-edited and peer-reviewed articles two weeks to three months ahead of print

• ORGANIC LETTERS receipt to publication: 7 weeks

• JBC peer-reviewed unedited articles posted in advance

Global Presence• ACS has three account managers in North

America

• ACS has two international representatives based in the U.K and Latin America

• Established global exhibit presence (e.g. London Online, Global SLA, Frankfurt Book Fair)

• International authors campaign

Global Access

• International consortia (e.g. Australia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Israel, Taiwan)

• Global usage is increasing

• Exclusive agent in Japan

Developing Country Initiatives

• History of donating subscriptions to developing countries (e.g. over 800 subscriptions to Science Journals Donation Program in 1997 and 1998).

• Participate in Project Bookshare

• ACS has announced FREE Articles ASAP for SPARC endorsed ORGANIC LETTERS

Developing Country Initiatives (Cont.)

• Working with ACS governance and other divisions to develop solutions

Questions for Future Initiatives

• What criteria distinguish potential subscribers from gratis access users?

• Will expanded usage degrade performance?

• What safeguards are needed to prevent

unauthorized redistribution?

2000 and Beyond• Expand international presence

• Increase global corporate & consortial licenses

• For developing countries, continue to look at ways to collaborate and encourage global cooperation.

• Test new models