Open Access and Open Peer Review Fiona Godlee Editorial Director for Medicine BioMed Central

Open access Is this a starry eyed egalitarian spoof, a communist plot, or is it ivory tower academics on the loose? Pieter Bolman, New York Sera que se trata de piada egalitaria ingenua, uma trama comunista, ou academicos soltos numa torre de marfim?

What do our consumers want? Authors want Wide dissemination Users want Unrestricted access Os autores querem Divulgacao ampla Os usuarios querem Acesso irrestrito

But they also want peer review Authors want Stamp of approval Face saving Users want Guarantee of quality Filtering Context setting Os autores querem O selo de aprovacao Salvar as aparencias Os usuarios querem Garantia de qualidade Selecao Colocacao no contexto

The cost of peer review Reviewer database Staff time Correspondence Payment to reviewers TOTAL Fletcher and Fletcher, Peer Review in Health Sciences, BMJPG 1999 % of total budget < <

Who pays for peer review? Page charges Government grants Society members Commercial models Cobranca de custo de paginas Auxilios governamentais Membros das sociedades Modelos comerciais

BMCs role in LDCs Open access Lower barrier to entry Matching standard of reviewer to paper Technical support for independent journals High visibility Acesso aberto Uma barreira menor contra a publicacao Parear o nivel do revisor com o trabalho Apoio tecnico para revistas independentes Alta visibilidade

The challenge of open access How to fund peer review How to make peer review as efficient and inexpensive as possible Como pagar pela revisao por pares Como fazer com que a revisao por pares seja o mais eficiente e menos cara possivel

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What is BioMed Central? A peer review entity An umbrella site for independent biomedical journals A site providing tools for authors and users Uma entidade que realiza revisao por pares Um sitio hospedeiro para revistas biomedicas independentes Um sitio que fornece ferramentas para os autores e usuarios

Key principles Free access to primary science Authors retain copyright Immediate posting on PubMed Central Bias towards publication Acesso livre a toda a ciencia primaria O copyright permanece com o autor Apoia o PubMed Central Tendencia a favorecer a publicacao

Peer review at BioMed Central Fast, but not automated Open Conflicts of interest declared Exchange of reviews Match standard of paper to reviewer Rapida, mas nao automatizada Aberta Solicitacao de declaracao de conflito de interesses Revisoes cruzadas Parear o nivel do trabalho com o revisor

Filters/Navigation/Context Searching tools Abstracting services Expert selections Criteria based selections Help with writing and presenting papers Statistical tools Reviews and commentaries Ferramentas para localizacao de informacao Sinopses dos trabalhos Selecao de revisores altamente qualificados Selecao baseada em criterios Assistencia com a redacao e apresentacao dos trabalhos Ferramentas estatisticas Revisoes e comentarios

How will BMC get papers? Editorial directorate and advisors Lobby granting bodies and institutions Market to authors publishing in low impact journals Hosting of independent journals Diretorio editorial e de consultores Persuadir as agencias de financiamento e as instituicoes Persuadir os autores que publicam em revistas de baixo impacto Hospedar revistas independentes

How will BMC make money? Advertising Subscriptions (for tools and reviews) Reduce costs of PR Publicidade Assinaturas (a respeito das ferramentas e das revisoes) Reduzir os custos da revisao por pares

Open Peer Review

A new vision for peer review Visible Accountable Rewarded Mentoring On going

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