Journal Support ToolsOnline Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing(a.k.a Best Practices Guide)
Caroline SuttonPublisher
Nordic Scientific and Scholarly Journal Publishing- interesting times
25 November 2009, Uppsala
Established as Swedish AB in 2007
Jan. 2008 began publishing first journal in our portfolio
Sept. 2008 Founding Member Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA
April 2009 Launched OpenAccessSolutions.com together with Datapage and T-marketing
Sept. 2009 Elected President of OASPA
Currently staffed by founding partners, soon to add to staff in 2010
A bit about Co-Action Publishing
Portfolio2008
Ethics & Global Politics
Food & Nutrition Research
Global Health Action
2009
Journal of Oral Microbiology
Journal of Aesthetics & Culture
2010
Journal of Organic Agriculture
Libyan Journal of Medicine
Medical Education Online
Nano Reviews
Vulnerable Groups & Inclusion
Books
Drug Acceptor Interactions
From Seascapes of Extinction to Seascapes of Confidence
...and possibly a few others
www.OpenAccessSolutions.com
Creating theOnline Guide to OA Journal Publishing
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Thinking of Publishing as a System
Basic structure of IDEFØ
ACTIVITYe.g. Publish a journal
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
CONTROL MECHANISMS
MECHANISM(usually people or suppliers, but also facilities (e.g. hosting)
Two Processes
Peer review
Production
Planning for launching and operating an OA journal
Think in terms of activities – what needs to be done?
Consider how it relates to other activities you need to perform – do other activities provide inputs or controls? Are the outputs from the activity in question inputs for other activities?
What do you need to get the job done?
How (who and/or with what system) will you get the job done?
What controls will structure what you can/should do?
Bo Christer Björk’s work
http://www.sciencemodel.net/
Other uses of IDEFØ in publishing
Sneak Preview of Online Guide to
OA Journal Publishing
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