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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt;">Isn't the JCI unique in the sense that it is has a relatively very inexpensive subscription rate?<br>
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A personal subscription provides a monthly (now electronic) plop on the desk that serves as a reminder to users that each new issue is available.<br>
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This is similar to our experience that, some years after an electronic library subscription to all the journals published by the American Chemical Society, there were still over 20 individual subscribers to the print issues.<br>
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<div style="direction: ltr;" id="divRpF6595"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> goal-bounces@eprints.org [goal-bounces@eprints.org] on behalf of Kiley, Robert [r.kiley@wellcome.ac.uk]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 16, 2015 9:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [GOAL] Re: BLOG: Unlocking Research 'Half-life is half the story'<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#3333FF">Colleagues</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#3333FF">I think I have made this point before, but what for me is astonishing about the JCI data is that even after 13 years of making the version of record (VoR)
content, free at the time of publication, on publisher site and PMC, they had <u>
ONLY</u> lost 40% of subscriptions. Why were 60% of subscribers still subscribing?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#3333FF">Of course, in this example, as everything was free at zero months, it is not especially relevant to the “green” debate. In my experience “green” always comes
with an embargo and invariably refers to the AAM (not the VoR).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#3333FF">Robert</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:windowtext" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:windowtext" lang="EN-US"> goal-bounces@eprints.org
[mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Wise, Alicia (ELS-OXF)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 16 October 2015 16:31<br>
<b>To:</b> Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Wise, Alicia (ELS-OXF)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [GOAL] Re: BLOG: Unlocking Research 'Half-life is half the story'</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">Hi Danny –</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">Publishers support sustainable approaches to Green OA as well as Gold OA – indeed that was the focus of the panel discussion at the STM conference.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">For articles that are published under the subscription business model, when and how they are made available for free (on a wide array of platforms
– institutional repositories are one important example of these platforms) does make a difference. In my experience publishers are both evidence-based and thoughtful about how they set embargo periods and so forth.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">The evidence that is factored into decision-making currently includes:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">1. Usage Evidence</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">In 2014 Phil Davis published a study commissioned by the Association of American Publishers which demonstrates that journal article usage varies widely within and across disciplines, and
that only 3% of of journals have half-lives of 12 months or less. Health sciences articles have the shortest median half-life of the journals analyzed, but still more than 50% of health science journals have usage half-lives longer than 24 months. In fields
with the longest usage half-lives, including mathematics and the humanities, more than 50% of the journals have usage half-lives longer than 48 months. See
<a href="http://publishers.org/sites/default/files/uploads/PSP/journalusagehalflife.pdf" target="_blank">
http://publishers.org/sites/default/files/uploads/PSP/journalusagehalflife.pdf</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">2. Evidence for the link between embargos, usage and cancellations</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">A 2012 study by ALPSP was a simple one-question survey: "If the (majority of) content of research journals was freely available within 6 months of publication, would you continue to subscribe?"
The results “indicate that only 56% of those subscribing to journals in the STM field would definitely continue to subscribe. In AHSS, this drops to just 35%. See
<a href="http://www.alpsp.org/ebusiness/AboutALPSP/ALPSPStatements/Statementdetails.aspx?ID=407" target="_blank">
http://www.alpsp.org/ebusiness/AboutALPSP/ALPSPStatements/Statementdetails.aspx?ID=407</a> This 2012 study builds on earlier, more nuanced, studies undertaken for ALPSP in 2009 and 2006. The 2009 ALPSP study (see the next to last bullet) found that "overall
usage" is the prime factor that librarians use in making cancellation decisions. The 2006 ALPSP study (see points 7 and 8) found that "the length of any embargo" would be the most important factor in making cancellation decisions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">A 2006 PRC study (see pages 1-3) shows that a significant number of librarians are likely to substitute green OA materials for subscribed resources, given certain levels of reliability, peer
review and currency of the information available. With a 24 month embargo, 50% of librarians would use the green OA material over paying for subscriptions, and 70% would use the green OA material if it is available after 6 months. See
<a href="http://publishingresearchconsortium.com/index.php/115-prc-projects/research-reports/self-archiving-and-journal-subscriptions-research-report/145-self-archiving-and-journal-subscriptions-co-existence-or-competition-an-international-survey-of-librarians-preferences" target="_blank">
http://publishingresearchconsortium.com/index.php/115-prc-projects/research-reports/self-archiving-and-journal-subscriptions-research-report/145-self-archiving-and-journal-subscriptions-co-existence-or-competition-an-international-survey-of-librarians-preferences</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">3. Experiences of other journals</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">For example, the Journal of Clinical Investigation which went open access with a 0 month embargo in 1996 and lost c. 40% of institutional subscriptions over time. The journal was forced to
return to the subscription model in 2009, see <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/02/26/end-of-free-access/" target="_blank">
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/02/26/end-of-free-access/</a> Other examples that spring to mind are the
<i>Annals of Mathematics</i>, the <i>Journal of Dental Research</i>, the <i>American Journal of Pathology</i>, and
<i>Genetics</i>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">With kind wishes,</span></p>
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<a href="mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org" target="_blank">goal-bounces@eprints.org</a> [<a href="mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org" target="_blank">mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Danny Kingsley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 16 October 2015 12:29<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:goal@eprints.org" target="_blank">goal@eprints.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [GOAL] BLOG: Unlocking Research 'Half-life is half the story'</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><apologies for cross posting><br>
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Hello all,<br>
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You may be interested in the latest Unlocking Research blog: 'Half-life is half the story'
<a href="https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=331" target="_blank">https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=331</a><br>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#141412" lang="EN-US">This week the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.stm-assoc.org/events/frankfurt-conference-2015/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">STM
Frankfurt Conference</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>was told that a shift away from gold Open Access towards green would mean some publishers would not be ‘viable’ according to a story in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.thebookseller.com/news/green-oa-will-hit-publishers-314667" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; text-decoration:none">The
Bookseller</span></em></a>. The argument was that support for green OA in the US and China would mean some publishers will collapse and the community will ‘regret it’.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#141412" lang="EN-US">It is not surprising that the publishing industry is worried about a move away from gold OA policies. They have proved extraordinarily lucrative in the UK with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/publishers-share-10m-in-apc-payments/2019685.article" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">Wiley
and Elsevier each pocketing an extra £2 million</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>thanks to the RCUK block grant funds to support the<a href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/openaccess/" target="_blank"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none">RCUK
policy on Open Access</span></a>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#141412" lang="EN-US">But let’s get something straight. There is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">no evidence that permitting researchers
to make a copy of their work available in a repository results in journal subscriptions being cancelled</span></strong>. None.</span></p>
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