how biomed central works with societies
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Stefan Busch, Associate Publisher (Society Journals), BioMed CentralTRANSCRIPT
How BioMed Central works with societies
Stefan Busch Associate Publisher (Society Journals)
Case studies of society journals in BioMed Central’s portfolio
Case study 1
Transferred in 2006
Reasons for transfer
- Wider dissemination / web integration
The journal needed:
- Improvement of bibliometric performance / impact factor
- Increase in number and quality of submissions
Impact factor trend (5 years)
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
0.3180.408 0.375
0.717
0.899
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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The 2001 – 2006 back archive was converted and retrospectively added to PubMed and PubMed
Central
Submission statistics (2006 – 2008)
20072006
2008
Case study 2
Launched in 2004 as the journal of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft
- so far a relatively small journal with high-quality papers
- but the numbers will explode once the first official impact factor is out
High SJR rankings are frequent for BioMed Central’s journals
Red arrows point to BioMed Central
journals
(category “Nutrition and Dietetics”, 2008)
Case study 3
Transferred in 2008
Important reasons for transfer
- Looking for better publisher services and faster turnaround times for articles
- Aiming to improve position in a competitive field
- In a field relying heavily on image reproduction, “colour charges” for publications in subscription-based journals are often higher than BioMed Central’s article processing charges
Financial aspects of society journals
(1) Article Processing Charges
(2) Revenue Sources
Article Processing Charges
Scenario 1: author-side payment– BioMed Central’s standard APC– Plus an optional surcharge to give society
additional revenue
Article Processing Charges
Scenario 2: Society covers all APCs – Discounted APC– A membership arrangement with the society
leads to further discounts
Article Processing Charges
Scenario 3: Societies pay on behalf of their members– Either in full or in part (creating a benefit for
members)– Discounts available for society-covered APCs– Can be combined with surcharge on top of
standard APCs (creating incentive to join society)
From ISBNPA members page:
If you are submitting a manuscript to IJBNPA and the lead or corresponding author is a member of ISBNPA, then you are entitled to a 50% reduction in the Article Processing Fee.
http://www.isbnpa.org/journal/
Journal-related revenue for societies
– Surcharge to APC – Supplements – Advertising
SummaryFinancially
Societies can choose between supporting their journal financially, or generating revenue from their journal, or various options in between
Societies launching new journalsBioMed Central’s services and technology, combined with broad indexing (PubMed from launch), have helped set new society journals in various fields on the path to success
Societies transferring journalsTransferred journals have seen marked improvements in submissions and ranking