{"id":45003,"date":"2021-10-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cupblog.bluefusesystems.com\/?p=45003"},"modified":"2021-10-28T16:09:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T15:09:59","slug":"openresearch-our-open-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/2021\/10\/27\/openresearch-our-open-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Our open ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>Open Access Week is always a good chance to reflect on the progress since last year and&nbsp;think about what needs to happen next. At Cambridge University Press, we\u2019ve been working to move the needle closer to openness on so many fronts and are pleased to be picking up real momentum.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year we had 18 transformative agreements;\u00a0we now have over 100\u00a0covering 1000 institutes in 30 countries and\u00a0nearly 50%\u00a0of our research authors.\u00a0We are\u00a0building\u202fa\u00a0forward-thinking\u202fprogram of new\u00a0OA\u00a0journals, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/flow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Flow<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookseller.com\/news\/cups-research-directions-offers-new-journals-concept-1285697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Research Directions<\/em><\/a>.\u202f\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/engage\/coe\/public-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cambridge Open Engage<\/a>\u00a0has also\u00a0made significant progress,\u00a0with\u202fChemRxiv\u00a0now live on the platform and new functionality to support\u00a0conferences and events.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our open research transformation is a work in progress however and we are evolving to ensure that we\u2019re delivering on our mission for our authors, customers, partners, and users. Looking ahead, our ambitions for future developments include:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publishing open access content<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are working towards publishing all research as open access. We are well on the way to achieving this for journals, while for books we must find new publishing models that can sustainably support OA at high scale.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We\u00a0support the transformation of transformative agreements\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>enable\u00a0all journal\u202fauthors who want to publish open access find a path to Gold\u00a0OA<\/strong>, including\u00a0under-funded authors.\u00a0We will offer a Gold OA route for 90%+ research articles published in journals by <strong>2022<\/strong>\u00a0and remain committed to working\u00a0with partners to close this gap entirely. We are working to transition the vast majority of our journals research publishing to full OA by <strong>2025<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We will strive to identify&nbsp;<strong>new approaches for publishing research books at scale as Gold OA<\/strong>.&nbsp;We are committed to trying to find sustainable ways to quickly increase the number of OA books we publish through partnerships and pilot projects&nbsp;such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/open-research\/open-access\/oa-book-pilot-flip-it-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flip It Open<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We will<strong>&nbsp;grow<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>the OA&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/what-we-publish\/elements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Cambridge Elements<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;list and&nbsp;<strong>experiment with OA<\/strong>&nbsp;publishing for individual Elements and series in 2021 and beyond.&nbsp;Founded in 2019, the Elements program plays a distinct role in providing access to content that doesn\u2019t conform to traditional publishing models&nbsp;and there are already a number of Open Access Elements available.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We will facilitate the&nbsp;<strong>greater sharing of early research outputs<\/strong>, such as preprints and conference papers. We will increase openness by introducing an option for articles\u202fsubmitted to our journals to be&nbsp;<strong>deposited automatically<\/strong>\u202fvia&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/engage\/coe\/public-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cambridge Open Engage<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;2022.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Supporting transparency in research<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open access is just a part of our transformation. Fully open research requires greater transparency about research processes and the work that underpins published findings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We will continually&nbsp;<strong>improve the information we collect and share<\/strong>&nbsp;about the research we publish. This includes ORCID identifiers for authors and reviewers, which has been mandated for approximately&nbsp;161&nbsp;journals&nbsp;thus far, and&nbsp;other key metadata&nbsp;such as&nbsp;CRediT&nbsp;for author contributions, funder and grant identifiers,&nbsp;standardised&nbsp;institution identifiers, and machine-readable end-user licenses.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>All\u202fjournals\u202fwill\u202fhave\u202fan appropriate research\u202ftransparency policy<\/strong>, to foster more sharing of research materials and outputs, such as data and code by 2022.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>As a signatory of the&nbsp;<strong>San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment<\/strong>&nbsp;(DORA), we continue to diversify publication metrics beyond the 2-year journal Impact Factor, employing a&nbsp;<strong>greater range of author and article-level metrics<\/strong>&nbsp;to support the assessment of research impact.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Improving our publishing practices and services<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transformation to open research affects nearly every part of our research publishing activity. We have already made substantial changes and&nbsp;improvements and&nbsp;will continue to invest in more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We will uphold our commitment to&nbsp;<strong>journal pricing\u202ftransparency,<\/strong>&nbsp;showing how our revenues support our journal publishing activities&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>reducing<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>journal subscription prices<\/strong>&nbsp;in\u202fline with\u202freductions in&nbsp;subscription&nbsp;(non-OA)\u202fcontent.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We will\u202f<strong>continually improve\u202four workflows<\/strong>\u202ffor authors to publish OA with us,\u202fand&nbsp;for institutions to partner with\u202fus\u202fto support the transition to open research.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We will<strong>&nbsp;drive&nbsp;ever-greater impact<\/strong>\u202fthrough the more widespread dissemination of open access content and&nbsp;<strong>monitor that impact<\/strong>&nbsp;through new partnerships and the adoption of new approaches and standards for impact assessment.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We will continue to improve our<strong>&nbsp;support for automated content analysis<\/strong>, such as text and data mining&nbsp;(TDM). In 2020 we made&nbsp;our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/open-research\/text-and-data-mining\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TDM policy<\/a>&nbsp;for Cambridge Core&nbsp;significantly more permissive, and we will continue to make practical improvements to our services and systems to facilitate more&nbsp;automated content analysis.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While these ambitions are meant to help us maintain momentum, they are also meant to extend ongoing conversations with our communities&nbsp;and push us in new directions.&nbsp;We welcome your feedback, contact us via&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:openresearch@cambridge.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">openresearch@cambridge.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Access Week is always a good chance to reflect on the progress since last year and&nbsp;think about what needs to happen next. 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