Presentation given at the 18th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 18th, 2014.

1. Collaborative Open Access Publishing
The Ubiquity Partner Network
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2. About Ubiquity Press
Mission
To return control of publishing to universities and researchers,
providing them with the infrastructure and support to not only
match but to outcompete the legacy publishers.
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Background
 Spun out of University College London in 2012
 Researcher-led
 50+ years publishing experience
(BioMed Central, PLoS, Elsevier, IoP)
 Current staff of 13, office in London
 Comprehensive approach: journals,
books, data, software, wetware…

3. 4 levels of support for universities
1 OA advocacy
2 Memberships
- APC discount
- pre or post paid
3 Ad hoc publishing
4 University Presses:
Ubiquity Partner NW
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5. SSH journals
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6. Metajournals
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7. Providing a solution for presses
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8. Peer review and cascading content
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9. Research integrity
 Full anti-plagiarism checking
 Rigorous peer review
 Editorial guidance and training
 Provision for open peer review
COPE membership for all editors
 Close links with society’s ethics committee
 Provision for open research data and software
archiving with all publications
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10. The Ubiquity Partner Network
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11. Ubiquity Partner Plugins
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12. For any questions, please contact
brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com
More information
Ubiquity Press website: http://www.ubiquitypress.com
Koh, A. 2012. Open Access Ahoy! An Interview with Ubiquity Press. The Chronicle of
Higher Education. Available: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/ubiquity/43312
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