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APS and Free Access
Margaret ReichDirector of Publications
SSP SeminarJune 7, 2006Crystal City
Journals of the APS
• American Journal of Physiology, 1898• Physiological Reviews, 1921• Journal of Applied Physiology, 1948• Journal of Neurophysiology, 1962• Physiology, 1986• Advances in Physiology Education, 1989• Physiological Genomics, 1999• Legacy Content, back to 1898
APS Journal Business Model
• Subscription prices are based on cost• Unbundled (print, online, p+o) prices
– 1st copy cost + distribution method• Author fees• Reprint income• Content only on our sites
– No aggregators– No institutional repositories– Aus cannot put pdfs on their websites
• Linking to our site from any of these is OK!
Free Access
• Education journal free online• All journals free online to 11,000 members• OA author choice for one journal• All journal content free 12 mos after pub• Developing countries (HINARI/AGORA)• Patient InForm• Link on website for free access for patients• NIH policy• Wellcome trust policy
Free Access Experiment
• Newest journal, Physiological Genomics• Started in 2003, aus had choice to pay $1500 or
nothing for immediate free access• Starting in 2006, aus pay regular au fees with
choice to pay supplemental oa fee of $750• Since beginning through Dec 2005,
14% chose to pay• Since Jan 2006, 20% chose to pay
DC Principles
• 70 nfp signatories; 444 journals • Content is made freely available after a period
of time (12 months for APS), or in some cases, immediately
• Free content to developing nations• Free content via reference linking• Publication fees should not be borne solely by
researchers• Funds received are used to advance science• Over 1.2 million articles free on HW site
Patient Link
Patient LinkPatient Request for Copy of an Article Recently Published in the American Journal
of Physiology - Cell Physiology(Please note that all non-legacy articles published more than 12 months ago are free to
all online.)Please provide the following information:Article information, including author(s), title of article, journal title, issue date & page
number (example: Chang et al., Plasma arginine-vasopressin following experimental stroke: effect of osmotherapy, Journal of Applied Physiology, May 2006, p. 1445). This information is available free online for all articles.
Your name and e-mail address. Reason for needing article. Please provide the following optional information about your treating physician,
especially if you want us to fax the article to the physician: Name of treating physician Fax number of treating physician
Please e-mail this information to [email protected] so that the American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology staff can help you.
Patient Link
• Receive approximately 5 requests a week• We email the pdf or fax copy of article to
patient or doctor• About 44% are legitimate
NIH Policy
• 50% APS content NIH funded• Voluntary policy• Didn’t want our authors stuck in the middle• Changed our copyright form to grant permission
to supply mss and allow it to be made free 12 mos after final publication
• Have had to police site; NIH does comply if asked to remove articles
• Concerned about 6-mos mandatory policy
Wellcome Trust Policy
• Wellcome Trust mandates deposit of article to be made free in 6 mos
• We consider this OA, will require OA fee• We will grant aus permission, if they pay
the fee• $2000 fee based on true cost of publishing
article– $3000 minus $1000 avg au fees paid
Conclusions and Questions
• Our experiments allow us to remain flexible; but they don’t answer the questions:
• Au pays during funding decreases?• Collecting from many aus vs subs agents?• Will library budgets be cut more with
funded articles legislated free?
