The document summarizes the transformation of academic publishing from a traditional closed access model to an emerging open access model. It notes that currently there are 25,000 journals publishing 1.5 million papers per year mainly through subscription access, but that open access allows free and unrestricted access and reuse of publications. It highlights PLoS ONE as a pioneering open access megajournal that has grown from publishing 1,200 articles in 2007 to over 14,000 articles per quarter in 2011, becoming the largest journal in the world.
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1. The Transformation of Academic Publishing Peter Binfield, Publisher PLoS [email_address] @p_binfield
2. 25,000 Journals Publishing 1.5 million papers per year Mainly in âclosed accessâ, subscription titles www.flickr.com/photos/peterandringa/451498180 TodayâŠ
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4. But really it is about re-use www.flickr.com/photos/wakingtiger/3156792001
6. PLoS ONE Published Articles (per quarter, since launch) 2011: 14,000 articles. ~1.5% of ALL Scientific Literature 2010: 6,700 articles. Largest journal in the World 2007: 1,200 articles. > 99.7% of all journals in the World
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scribe/2897655049/sizes/o/in/photostream/ What can a tap do? Fill a bathtub? Bathtubs were OK for Archimedes =, when there was less knowledge in the world, but you cant do much in a bath.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephrobertson/127758523/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Today we have firehoses. Twitter has a firehose, Facebook has a firehose. Why shouldnât academi have a firehose? Withj a firehose you can fill a swimming pool, not a bath. And in a swimming pool of content you can do a lot more interesting things
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