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To return control of publishing to societies, universities and
researchers, providing them with the infrastructure and support
to not only match but to outcompete the legacy publishers.
About Ubiquity Press
Background
Mission
Spun out of University College London in 2012
Researcher-led
50+ years publishing experience
(BioMed Central, PLoS, Elsevier, IoP)
Current staff of 15, office in London,
next stop California
Comprehensive approach: journals,
books, data, software, wetware…
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The Social Contract
of Academia
• Validation
• Dissemination
• Further development
Academic Malpractice
• Data
• Results
• Software
• Hardware, wetware…
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Research integrity
Full anti-plagiarism checking
Provision for open research data and software
archiving with all publications
Rigorous peer review
Editorial guidance and training
Provision for open peer review
COPE membership for all editors
Close links with university’s ethics committee
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An Inclusive Partnership Model
Sustainability
“No Bird Left
Behind!”
Simple hosting models,
for cases where APCs
are not viable
TJ Gehling, ‘Formation flying’ (CC-BY) https://flic.kr/p/gM84Rh
Growth
Success
Helping journals and
presses progress
towards:
Sri Lanka Journals
Online
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For any questions, please contact
brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com
Ubiquity Press website: http://www.ubiquitypress.com
Koh, A. 2012. Open Access Ahoy! An Interview with Ubiquity Press. The Chronicle of
Higher Education. Available: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/ubiquity/43312
More information
Notas del editor
This is for Stuart from the Royal Society
All factors of successful data publication
Need to ensure authors motivated
We are fully transparent about our charges
Aim to build trust with researchers, institutions and funders
We want to be successfully sustainable, not a mega-corporation, and for research money to be spent wisely.
The Ubiquity Network:
Access to a large peer review pool (100,000+)
Content cascading
Editor sourcing
We want to include presses from the developing world in our network too.
Flying in in organised formation is 70% more efficient than flying solo.
Often when a bird falls out of formation, others stay back with it until it can catch up.
No bird gets left behind.