Assessment of Preprint Policies of Top-Ranked Clinical Journals

Massey, Daisy; Opare, Michelle A; Wallach, John R.; Ross, Joseph S.; Krumholz, Harlan M.

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.11127

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“…53 54 Individual researchers can also increasingly choose to release their research open access through venues such as pre-print servers, like medRxiv, without undermining their ability to publish their findings in peer-reviewed journals. 55 Furthermore, so-called ‘Green Open Access’ policies, where researchers can elect to post peer-reviewed papers in open access repositories, are available for many journals, although most researchers do not use this option. 44 56 57 Scientific publishing is changing and it will be necessary for all stakeholders to adapt.…”

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Publishing at any cost: a cross-sectional study of the amount that medical researchers spend on open access publishing each year

Ellingson

Shi²,

Skydel

et al. 2021

BMJ Open

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ObjectiveTo estimate the financial costs paid by individual medical researchers from meeting the article processing charges (APCs) levied by open access journals in 2019.DesignCross-sectional analysis.Data sourcesScopus was used to generate two random samples of researchers, the first with a senior author article indexed in the ‘Medicine’ subject area (general researchers) and the second with an article published in the ten highest-impact factor general clinical medicine journals (high-impact researchers) in 2019. For each researcher, Scopus was used to identify all first and senior author original research or review articles published in 2019. Data were obtained from Scopus, institutional profiles, Journal Citation Reports, publisher databases, the Directory of Open Access Journals, and individual journal websites.Main outcome measuresMedian APCs paid by general and high-impact researchers for all first and senior author research and review articles published in 2019.ResultsThere were 241 general and 246 high-impact researchers identified as eligible for our study. In 2019, the general and high-impact researchers published a total of 914 (median 2, IQR 1–5) and 1471 (4, 2–8) first or senior author research or review articles, respectively. 42% (384/914) of the articles from the general researchers and 29% (428/1471) of the articles from the high-impact medical researchers were published in fully open access journals. The median total APCs paid by general researchers in 2019 was US$191 (US$0–US$2500) and the median total paid by high-impact researchers was US$2900 (US$0–US$5465); the maximum paid by a single researcher in total APCs was US$30115 and US$34676, respectively.ConclusionsMedical researchers in 2019 were found to have paid between US$0 and US$34676 in total APCs. As journals with APCs become more common, it is important to continue to evaluate the potential cost to researchers, especially on individuals who may not have the funding or institutional resources to cover these costs.

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Publishing at any cost: a cross-sectional study of the amount that medical researchers spend on open access publishing each year

Ellingson

Shi²,

Skydel

et al. 2021

BMJ Open

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“…Almost all journals joined ranks and endorsed the use of preprints, including the New England Journal of Medicine and the Lancet. In June 2020, Massey et al 43 from our group led a study of the preprint policies of the 100 top-ranked clinical journals. The study reported that almost 90% explicitly allow preprints.…”

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Krumholz

2020

Circ: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

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“…The SHERPA/Romeo online resource (https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/) was very helpful to facilitate comparison of journal access policies. Most journals allow authors to post a submitted version of a manuscript on a preprint server, 3 although many request that any preprints be updated with the details of subsequent peer reviewed publications. This is important as different digital object identifiers (DOIs) are allocated to the preprint and the published journal paper.…”

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confidence: 99%