New research supports requiring ORCID
A recent independent research report, The Metric Tide, asserts,
Standards
New ORCID Metrics
ORCIDs are growing in EM! This year, the number of EM journals allowing authors to login with ORCID credentials rose to over 2,500. It only takes one click to simplify author sign in, and capture authenticated ORCID information in the process.
Funders & Integrations
The latest very useful STM Report cites more than $1.6 trillion spent each year by research funders. Since funders use journal output to evaluate the outcomes of their investments, they are urging publishers to collect more, granular, and structured manuscript data. Funders are also pushing for more (open) access to manuscripts and underlying data.
Open Access is a Business Now
Aries Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Richard Wynne participates as a guest on the Copyright Clearance Center’s “Beyond the Book” podcast to discuss Open Access with Chris Kenneally of the CCC, and industry consultant Joe Esposito. Listen here.
The growing importance of institutional affiliation to OA publishing
The world is changing. For example, 23% of libraries now cover APCs for author submissions to OA journals. Discounted APC pricing based on institutional affiliation is becoming common.