ABCP Webinar: Academic journal publishing: a great change in business models and a gradual shift in evaluation

Title

Academic journal publishing: a great change in business models and a gradual shift in evaluation

学术期刊出版的那些事儿：商业模式的巨变和评价方式的渐变

Speaker

Dr Shuai Yan (颜帅博士), independent consultant; China Consultant, STM Association (International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers) (2021-present); Vice President, China Editology Society for Scientific Periodicals (2015-2021); President, Society of China University Journals (2004-2019); Vice President, China Periodicals Association (2012-2018)

Language

The talk will be delivered in Chinese.

Abstract

For most of the more than 350 years from the founding of Philosophical Transactions by the Royal Society in 1665, reader payment and institutional subscription have been the basic business models of academic journal publishing. Entering the new century, the open access movement has quietly emerged and developed rapidly. Twenty years later, it has been in full swing. The open access business model, typified by the author paying the article processing charge (APC), is steadily replacing the traditional subscription model. At the same time, transparent and open review methods and tools are introduced into the review process of submissions, and the core functions of academic journals to advance trusted research and maintain scientific research integrity continue to be played. The disadvantages of using impact factors only to evaluate journal publishing performance and judging articles (research results) by journals’ achievements have been recognized by more and more people, and the emerging evaluation indexes have attracted more and more attention.

从1665年皇家学会创办《哲学汇刊》到现在350多年的绝大部分时间里，读者付费、机构订阅一直是学术期刊出版的基本商业模式。进入新世纪，开放获取运动悄然兴起、迅速发展，20年过去已成燎原之势。以收取作者论文处理费（article processing charge）为典型代表的开放获取商业模式正逐步取代传统订阅模式。与此同时，透明、开放的评审方式、工具被引入对投稿论文的评审流程，学术期刊促进可信的研究、维护科研诚信的核心功能继续得以发挥；以期刊影响因子论英雄、以刊评文（研究成果）的弊端被越来越多的人认识，新兴的指标体系日益受到瞩目。

Bio of Speaker

Dr Shuai Yan (颜帅博士) is currently an independent consultant since 2020. Since November 2021, Shuai started to work with the STM Association (International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers) as its China Consultant. From 2017 to 2020 Shuai worked with Springer Nature Greater China as director of academic relationships (including government relations). From 2011 to 2017 he was at the Tsinghua University Press (TUP) as an associate chief editor and TUP’s director of Journal Publishing, and the editor-in-chief of Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology). He worked at the Journal Publishing Department of the Beijing Forestry University from 1985 to 2011, starting as an assistant editor and up to the director of the Department. He had served as the President of the Society of China University Journals (CUJS) from 2004 to 2019, the Vice President of the China Periodicals Association (CPA) from 2012 to 2018, and the Vice President of the China Editology Society for Scientific Periodicals (CESSP) from 2015 to 2021.

颜帅，国际科学、技术与医学出版商协会中国顾问。1985年毕业于北京林业大学，获学士学位。2003年9月在北京林业大学获管理学博士学位。曾任北京林业大学期刊编辑部主任，清华大学出版社副总编兼期刊中心主任、《清华大学学报（自然科学版）》主编，Springer Nature大中华区学术关系总监。曾兼任中国高校科技期刊研究会理事长，中国期刊协会副会长，中国科技期刊编辑学会副理事长，教育部科技委管理学部委员，中国科协学术与学会工作专门委员会委员。曾在国际组织兼任过：ORCID指导委员会委员、ISO《期刊编排格式》修订组成员、国际学术与专业出版商协会（ALPSP）理事（Council Member）等。

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