5. Reasons for transfer
The journal needed:
- Wider dissemination / web integration
- Increase in number and quality of
submissions
- Improvement of bibliometric
performance / impact factor
18. Important reasons for transfer
- Looking for better publisher services
and faster turnaround times for articles
- 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
- Aiming to improve position in a
competitive field
19. Financial aspects of society journals
(1) Article Processing Charges
(3) Revenue Sources
20. Article Processing Charges
Scenario 1: author-side payment
– BioMed Central’s standard APC
– Plus an optional surcharge to give society
additional revenue
21. Article Processing Charges
Scenario 2: Society covers all APCs
– Discounted APC
– A membership arrangement with the society
leads to further discounts
22. 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)
23.
24.
25. 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/
27. Summary
Financially
Societies can choose between supporting their journal financially, or
generating revenue from their journal, or various options in between
Societies launching new journals
BioMed 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 journals
Transferred journals have seen marked improvements in submissions
and ranking
