ACS Publications Division Overview Brian D. Crawford, Ph.D. President

Joint Board-Council Committee on Publications Open Meeting August 8, 2014 San Francisco, CA

Purpose  of  Today’s  Session

• Provide  summary  highlights  of  the  Publications  Division’s  YTD  performance across operational areas

• Feature some recent Editor-in-Chief appointments – New Journals in 2015 – New Editor-in-Chief for Organometallics

• Update the Committee on open access developments, including progress  of  our  “ACS  is  Open”  strategic  offerings

• Offer some thoughts on the outlook for the remainder of 2014

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ACS Publications Demonstrating Strong Performance Through Q2

• Journals Publishing Group strong – Editorial peer review capacity expanded; increases in editor

appointments offset by cost containment through shared administrative support and other efficiencies in ACS editorial operations

– YTD growth in submissions and published article output in line with assumptions; production staff have maintained fast turnaround

– Web Usage shows robust year-on-year growth in article downloads � Many top institutional users now based in Asia

– ACS ChemWorx user base now > 50,000; new 2.0 release imminent – Editorial searches for new journals to be launched in 2015 completed;

other searches in progress and on track � ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering � ACS Infectious Diseases � ACS Central Science (pending confirmation)

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ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering Editor-in-Chief: David L. Kaplan

Editor’s  Vision • Establish a high impact publication in response to the

tremendous growth in biomaterials research • Engage the right team of scientific leaders as Associate

Editors and Editorial Board members • Provide high quality peer-review with rapid turn-around times • Maintain distinction amongst competition by utilizing highly

interdisciplinary nature of the field

Editor’s  Affiliation  and  Accomplishments • Stern Family Endowed Professor of Engineering & Endowed Chair, Department of

Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University • Director, NIH Tissue Engineering Resource Center, Tufts University & Columbia

University • Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering & Tissue Engineering

Society • Recipient of Society for Biomaterials Clemson Award & Columbus Discovery Medal

• Editor-in-Chief under contract July 1

• Announcement in Chemical & Engineering News

• Journal logo/cover design, trademark protection underway

• Ongoing efforts to assemble editorial team

• Online submission site to launch in September

• First ASAPs articles to publish in November, with first issue January 2015

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ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering Journal Launch Progress

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ACS Infectious Diseases Editor-in-Chief: Courtney C. Aldrich

Editor’s  Vision • Develop a journal focused on infectious diseases with a

strong emphasis on basic science • Launch a premier journal that highlights chemistry and its role

in this multidisciplinary research area • Appoint Associate Editors and Editorial Advisory Board

members who are leaders in the field

Editor’s  Affiliation  and  Accomplishments • Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University

of Minnesota

• Associate Director, Center for Drug Design, University of Minnesota

• Scientific consultant for Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Scitemex, LLC, and Lygos, Inc.

• Editorial Advisory Board member, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

• Editor-in-Chief under contract July 1

• Public announcement in Chemical & Engineering News

• Journal logo/cover design and trademark protection in preparation

• Aims and Scope refined; Associate Editor candidates being recruited; identifying conferences for Marketing events and sponsorships

• Online submission site to launch in September

• First ASAPs articles to publish in November, with first issue January 2015

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ACS Infectious Diseases Journal Launch Progress

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Organometallics New Editor-in-Chief: Paul J. Chirik

Editor’s  Vision • Increase selectivity, improve triage process, recruit new

young author base • Strengthen global outreach and visibility • Expand scope to capture topics at the interface of

organometallic chemistry • Develop social media and news presence, update and

enhance the journal brand

Editor’s  Affiliation  and  Accomplishments • Edward S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University • Blavatnik Award • Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award • Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award • Bessel Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation • Editorial Advisory Board member for Organometallics and Inorganic Chemistry

ACS Publications Demonstrating Strong Performance Through Q2 (continued)

• C&EN Media Group stabilized and poised for growth – Rudy Baum continues as Acting Editor-in-Chief – Editor search nearing completion – New C&EN-branded publishing initiatives gaining traction – Strategic editorial audit informing shifts in content emphasis, staff

assignments, and redesign efforts underway – Advertising sales resourcing plan a priority

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ACS Publications Demonstrating Strong Performance Through Q2 (continued)

• Marketing and Sales driving brand awareness, promoting our reputation for editorial excellence and technology innovations – Latest Thomson Reuters ISI Journal Citation Reports demonstrate

continued preeminence of ACS journals portfolio � Sustained excellence in Impact Factors; Growth in Citations; Strong

performance for new journals – Operational efficiencies in Sales Analysis and Support, and

enhancements in interfaces with Customer Billing and Account Services has streamlined renewals process

– ACS ChemWorx marketing efforts driving steady user enlistment; expanded author services now a unifying concept for feature set

– ACS on Campus continues to elevate the ACS Publications brand and the  Society’s  reputation (more than 20 events planned in 2014)

– ACS Publications Graduate Student & Postdoc Summer Institute held July 28-August 1

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ACS Publications Graduate Student & Postdoc Summer Institute July 28 – August 1, 2014 Washington, DC Topics of Focus:

– Integrating ACS Publications content and CAS

SciFinder resources – Collaborative authoring tools – New technologies: 3D printing, LeapMotion, Google

Glass, and other – Dr. David Martinsen, Senior Research Scientist,

ACS Publications served as Program Coordinator

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ACS Publications Demonstrating Strong Performance Through Q2 (continued) • “ACS  is  Open”  and  other  Open  Access  developments  

– ACS  Editors’  Choice  now well established – Increased uptake of expanded ACS AuthorChoice options evident – ACS Central Science awareness campaigns continue

� Editor-in-Chief search committee outcome forthcoming soon – ACS Author Rewards being promoted; eCommerce in place – Public access policy coordination across US funding agencies still to

be confirmed—some plans now revealed � 12 month embargo period assumed; publisher advocacy continues on

need for evidence-based embargo period(s) and CHORUS as solution � Benefits of leveraging cross-publisher CHORUS linking initiative has been

acknowledged by DOE as an adjunct to  agency’s  PAGES  repository   – Growth in OA mandates abroad is increasingly apparent

� UK, Netherlands, Austria tilting to Gold OA � Countries elsewhere in EU trending toward Green OA and fixed embargo

periods (12 months or less) � New: China announced support for OA in late May; India funders have

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2014 Outlook • ACS is prepared to accommodate Open Access policy mandates

– UK, Europe, and US remain epicenter(s) of activity – Mixed economy emerging (subscriptions/ author-paid /free access) – ACS AuthorChoice open  access  option    corrects  any  “double  dipping” – Text/data mining provisions stirring debate, particularly in UK/EU – Legislation pending in Congress, language in appropriations bills, and

policy memoranda from OSTP are strengthening the resolve of funding agencies in setting public access policies

– New entrants and shifts to OA mean heightened competition for ACS (e.g. Cell Press Chemistry; RSC converting Chemical Science to OA)

– Generational (and attitudinal) change toward copyrighted information and use of social media for file sharing, open text and data mining is recognized

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2014 Outlook (continued)

• ACS Journals are positioned strongly in library marketplace – ACS Value-Based Pricing adjustments and expanded menu of

product offerings have addressed key customer pricing concerns – ACS Web Editions continue to flourish; print format continues its

(anticipated) decline – Budget constraints persist in US academic market; flexible packages

for smaller schools has been key to improved customer relations – Eurozone economic situation is spotty and presents some risk – Emerging BRICKS economies present opportunities for growth

• “ACS  is  Open”  multi-pronged strategy positions Society for emerging mixed article economy – Subscriptions – Author/Sponsor OA publishing charges – Freely available versions (e.g. repository postings)

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ACS and Open Access

Providing authors with: • Flexible publishing alternatives

as funders and institutions impose new guidelines for open access

• Greater reach in the worldwide dissemination of their scientific research discoveries

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ACS is Open (2014): Our Four-Pronged Open Access Strategy

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ACS Central Science: A new  journal  that’s  free  to  both  readers and authors ACS Editors’  Choice: Free public access to new research of importance to the global community; one article each day ACS Author Rewards: Encouraging ACS authors to choose open access with a $60-million stimulus program ACS AuthorChoice: Expanded to include new options to help authors meet open access requirements, including ACS Certified Deposit of the published article version of record.

New ACS Open Access Initiatives

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ACS Central Science

ACS Central Science will lay claim to being the highest impact,

multidisciplinary, fully Open Access journal in the scientific literature

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2014 Initiatives

• Showcasing value of editorial content in print

• Monthly Editorial Calendar updates

• Helps sales team to preview major stories in upcoming issues—and opportunities for client engagement

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C&EN Virtual Symposium

• ADVANCES IN DRUG DISCOVERY & DEVELOPMENT (Sept 24, 2014) • Sponsors = Sigma, Thermo, Shimadzu, Ceiba Solutions,  Regis,  Malvern  …

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C&EN’s Advances in DRUG DISCOVERY & DEVELOPMENT

Virtual Symposium

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ACS Publications Division Overview Brian D. Crawford, Ph.D. President

Joint Board-Council Committee on Publications Open Meeting August 8, 2014 San Francisco, CA