Our blogsKam Arkinstall, Blogs Manager

Our blogs and why we have them

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experience who are interested in

my field

They are open and honest about their

work

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Benefits of supplementsIsobel Peters, Senior Projects Manager

19 May 2015

• Separate issue featuring content which may not fit the main journal. For example it may be:

- of specialist interest

- paid for centrally by an organization, or sponsored

- peer reviewed by a different process (to journal standards)

• Editors retain full control – may request changes or reject articles or abstracts

• Two main types: articles or meeting abstracts

What is a supplement?

How do we produce them?

Specialist team at BioMed Central provides support

Aim to allow some flexibility in the process

Follow up for repeat publications

• Bring additional content to the journal

• Create new connections/relationships with organizing groups

Benefits to the journal

In 2011 Microbial Cell Factories published proceedings of the International Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria as a supplement. The journal then published the proceedings from the next symposium in 2014.

• Widen exposure to new audiences

Benefits to the journal

For both supplements, we produced printed copies which were distributed at the symposium.

• Present PR/social media promotion opportunities

Benefits to the journal

For the 2014 supplement one of the Supplement Editors wrote a blog.

• Accesses and citations

Articles in supplements do count towards the journal’s impact factor. (Short conference abstracts do not.)

Benefits to the journal

Other benefits:

•Underline journal scope and encourage submissions in a specific area

•Offer exchange marketing opportunities with conferences

•Allow flexibility (non-standard article types, pricing, etc)

Benefits to the journal

• We hope to see some new enquiries for supplements in your journal soon

• For more information see the Editors pages

• Or contact

• Your Journal Development Editor or Executive Editor or

• The Supplements Team: supplements@biomedcentral.com

Thank you

Open Access Membership Program

BioMed Central Editors’ Day

Tuesday 19th of May 2015, London

Anne-Florence Reimund

Membership Accounts Manager

Why support Open Access Membership Programs?

Widespread dissemination of information

Create affordable means to support Open Access publishing at an Institutional level

Benefits of a Membership

• Cost-effective and tailored solution

• Tools to administrate their Membership and valuate their researchers’ impact in the OA world.

• Customized web page for every Member

• Wide range of journals and fields covered

Types of Open Access Memberships

Whether an Institution wants to fully or partly support their researchers we will always have a tailored Membership Program for them

Thanks to our Foundation

Membership, researchers from

Developing Countries can now publish

through the OA route

Sponsor a new Journal with an APC-free period, an Organisation supporting researchers to publish in specific Journals? That is our Journal Membership Program

Our Membership Program in numbers

9,581 Open Access Articles were published

in 2014 through our Membership Programs, almost 2000 more than

in 2013!

While we are speaking, 8,974

manuscripts are in submission thanks to

our Membership Programs!

Alexander Backhouse

Senior Marketing Executive

Marketing your journals

Content driven

Author testimonials

Targeted

•Cross journal

•Thomson Lists

Multi tactic

•Email

•Social Media

•Conference activity

Innovative•Infographics

•Campaign testing

www.journalname/about/promote

Flash Presentation for BMC Editors Day

Author Services

Tim Stevenson

What is an Author Service?

•Any tool, service or communication that supports the author and enhances the overall author experience.

•This means that we not only support authors, but also editors and reviewers during every interaction and at every stage of the publication process

Objectives:

•Ensure manuscript creation, submission and publication is easy, reliable, fast, innovative and transparent

•Provide a home for ALL research

•Ensure that the published research reaches the largest possible audience by being globally discoverable and accessible

•Ensure and that the authors are aware of its impact and reach

Springer Author Services

A New Open Access Platform

Key contacts: Rachel Craven and Ruth Rowland

Orcid, Fundref, and CrossMark

Tracking Impact: Citation Alerts

Tracking Impact: Alternative Metrics

Semantic Enrichment: Going beyond the full text

• Journal selection tool

• Review recommendation tool

• Peer Reviewer reward scheme

• Expansion of language services

• OA Funding Database

Author Services – future projects

Further information

Editor AcademyJo Appleford-Cook, Research Integrity Group

Homepage and courses offered

4 courses offered:•Dos and Don’ts of Peer Review

•How to Make a Decision

•Post-publication Issues

•Publication and Research Ethics and Misconduct

• Further courses to be addede.g. The Editor’s Role (currently under development)

• Modification and improvement based on feedback from our Editors

• Link to Editor Academy from Editor Homepage

• Development of similar courses for Reviewers to create a Reviewer Academy

• ……what else would YOU like to see?

Future Directions

1 How to View and Annotate a New Submission

2 How to Accept or Decline to Act as Editor

3 How to Invite Reviewers

4 How to Make a Decision

5 How to Handle Re-review

6 How to View and Add Flags

7 How to View a Manuscript History

8 How to Send an Ad Hoc Email

9 How to have an Overview of your Manuscripts

10 SECTION EDITOR How to Invite an Editor

11 SECTION EDITOR Viewing Manuscripts with AEs in your Section

12 SECTION EDITOR How to Initiate a Discussion

Editorial Manager – help videos on YouTube for Editors