Open Research at Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press, a not-for-profit organization and part of the University of Cambridge, focuses on publishing high-quality research to a broad audience. Discover their Read & Publish model, the Global Read & Publish Map, and how they align subscription spend with the value of research publishing. Learn about their approach to open access journals and the services offered under their Read & Publish agreement.
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Open Research at Cambridge University Press Informational session for MOBIUS consortium members October 21, 2021 Savannah Lamb, Library Sales Representative, Central & Northwest Savannah.lamb@cambridge.org
About Cambridge University Press not-for-profit, mission-based organization & part of the University of Cambridge oldest university press in the world founded in 1534 by King Henry VIII 400+ journals, many in partnership with academic societies 36,000+ ebooks in wide range of subjects and focus Mission: to publish research of the highest quality, to the broadest audience, with the maximum possible impact.
Open Research at Cambridge University Press 450 over 95% of Cambridge journals are now either hybrid or gold OA* we have chosen the Read & Publish model (a type of transformative agreement) as our chosen vehicle of change, as it allows us to allocate revenue across journals in both STM and HSS 400 350 300 250 200 *A hybrid open-access journal is a subscription journal in which some of the articles are open access, a gold open access journal only includes open access publications 150 100 50 0 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Hybrid or Gold OA No OA
Global Read & Publish Map 2021: Almost 1,000 Customers
US Read & Publish Map The Start of Our Transition As of 2021 there are over 140 Read & Publish customers in the US
Read & Publish at CUP The Fundamentals Read & Publish is the combination of two services under one single agreement and cost: Read access to the subscription journals in our full journals package Open access publishing in hybrid and gold journals in our full journals package We look at the balance of subscription spend against the value of your research publishing in our journals. If the value of your spend exceeds the value of publishing, we offer an uncapped publishing agreement at no additional cost. > > < < If your spend is less than your publishing value, we place a cap on publishing, or offer a top-up payment for uncapped OA.
Benefits of Read & Publish at CUP Reading and publishing rights across our full package Full read access to 400+ journals, combined with publishing into gold and hybrid journals within our full package. Increased cost savings under Read & Publish: A Read & Publish agreement allows you and your faculty to save on APC fees (an average of $2,900) Increase the profile of your faculty research Publishing OA secures greater reach, discoverability and higher citations for your institution s research. OA also benefits the broader academic community.
Additional Subscriber Options Benefits of upgrading to the Cambridge journals full package with read-only access: increased cost savings over title-by-title subscriptions stabilized yearly increases, more predictability for library budgets perpetual access rights to subscription year volumes substantial temporary back access included with subscription
Whats next? current publication history, subscription data, usage & turnaways reports & 2022 package pricing available by request (savannah.lamb@cambridge.org) more information on open research at Cambridge available on our site for reference: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-access-policies/read-and-publish-agreements https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/authors/journals/publishing-open-access https://www.cambridge.org/core/help/webinars-and-demos/the-read-and-publish-model
Questions? Recording of webinar will be made available and distributed. Savannah Lamb Library Sales Representative, Central & Northwest slamb@cambridge.org Thank you!