Open Access and Research Integrity Workshop 2014 - Advocacy

Open Access Advocacy
Sunday 3rd August
Joe McArthur - @Mcarthur_Joe
Assistant Director, Right to Research Coalition
Co-founder of the Open Access Button

www.righttoresearch.org
80%
of research is
publicly
funded
1 Academic Publishing: Survey of funders supports the benign Open Access outcome priced into shares,
HSBC Global Research, February 11, 2013:
https://www.research.hsbc.com/midas/Res/RDV?ao=20&key=RxArFbnG1P&n=360010.PDF
1

As defined by the Budapest Open Access Initiative
Free, immediate online access
to scientific & scholarly articles
with full reuse rights

Two paths to Open Access
Self-
archiving
Open Access
Journals

168x faster
26,667x cheaper
400x more sensitive
100x more selective
Current test (ELISA):
$800, high false positives
Jack’s test:
$.03, >99% accuracy, 5 min

“I used [free, online articles] religiously. Just
because, in most online databases, articles cost
about $35, and there are only about 10 pages…
My research should serve as a testament to free
online research (...) It was hard to get what I needed
without the costs. People should take note and
because of this project, we should make a move
toward more inexpensive or free Online research.”
- Jack Andraka
Interview with Vancouver Observer
www.vancouverobserver.com/world/how-aaron-swartz-paved-way-jack-andrakas-revolutionary-cancer-test

We need more
Jack Andrakas

What’s
wrong?
Introducing
Open
Access
What you
can do

But first…

Date taken from https://gowers.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/elsevier-journals-some-facts/

European Commission Report:
On average, for-profit journals are
3 TIMES more expensive than non-profits1
In neuroscience, for-profit journals are 890% more
expensive (per page)2
1 Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication markets in Europe, Commissioned by the European Commission
2 The Costs and Benefits of Site Licences to Academic Journals”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, C.T. Bergstrom and T.C.
Bergstrom.

Setting the default
to Open

Setting the default to Open:
Two complimentary strategies
Short-term:
Policy Change
Levels: Institutional, National, International
Places: Universities, Funders, Goverments
Long-term:
Education & Culture Change

Policy Change: Local
roarmap.eprints.org

“The Open Access policy will anchor the
University in its rightful place in the national,
regional and international arena and open up the
University for more global visibility”
Professor George A.O. Magoha
Vice-Chancellor
December 2012

“Working with students to demystify OA at the University of
Nairobi and also in institution members of the Kenyan
Consortium has proved to be one of the best catalysts for
change. We have realized that academics tend to listen to
students in matters of ICTs as they see them as agents of
change in that they are more savvy, "curious and excellent in
networking” and open to new technologies.
To us at the University of Nairobi, students have been our
trusted partners and they have played a significant role in
advancing the OA movement. We are proud that in a span of a
few months, the Vice-Chancellor has signed the Berlin
Declaration in October 2012 and also put in place a Committee
to draft the institutional OA policy in August 2012.”
- Agatha Kabugu

“…the degree of student initiative and
engagement at UBC gives this issue
a whole new impetus.”

roarmap.eprints.org
Policy Change: National

i) confirms the importance of students having access to
research journals and articles as part of their training;
ii) notes the high cost to institutions and individuals when
accessing scholarly literature;
iii) proposes that this could hinder medical students in their
development as ‘The Doctor as the Scientist’ as well as
developing an evidence based clinical approach;
iv) welcomes and endorses the Right To Research Coalition’s
statement on Open Access to research literature.
June 25, 2012

Australia
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
UK
United States
European
Commission
Wellcome Trust
World Bank
Policy Change: Funders

1,000+
Congressional lobbying visits
over the past 3.5 years

Policy Change: International
“Speaking to THE, the director general of research and
innovation at the Commission, Robert-Jan Smits, said its
commitment to free online access was essential to driving free
movement of researchers and ideas within Europe.
"With our €80 billion we can make one hell of a difference," he
said. "We're clear about the huge potential that exists on open
access."

Education & Culture Change

More resources available at: www.righttoresearch.org/resources

Open Access Week: October 20-26, 2014
http://www.sparc.arl.org/initiatives/openaccessweek/2014/announcement

www.righttoresearch.org/act/oaweek/gogrants

Applications Open Tomorrow!
More info available at: www.opencon2014.org

More info available at: http://www.righttoresearch.org/act/opencon/satellite

So what can you do?
• Have your NMO join the R2RC
• Renew the Open Access policy statement
• Start a working group on Open Access within
your NMO
• Hold presentations & workshops on OA at
meeting
• Start a new project on Open Access
• Use OpenAccessButton.org

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