Strategies, models and evaluation metrics for the goal-oriented, stepwise, sustainable and fair transformation of established subscription-based scientific journals into open-access-based journals with Methods of Information in Medicine as example

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Reinhold Haux
• Term: from 2015 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 274974695

• Final Report Year: 2021

Final Report Abstract

In 2015 the Trans-O-MIM research project was launched with the intention to identify and explore solutions in transforming subscription-based journals into Open Access journals. Trans-O-MIM stands for strategies, models and evaluation metrics for the goal-oriented, stepwise, sustainable and fair transformation of established subscription-based scientific journals into Open-Access-based journals with Methods of Information in Medicine as example. The following major results could be achieved: (a) Based on the so-called Tandem Model the journal Methods of Information in Medicine has been transformed into a journal where, in addition to its subscription-based track, a Gold Open Access track has been successfully added. (b) An evaluation metric has been developed which can assist respective decision makers on how such transformations develop. (c) On a global level and with strong support of national and international medical informatics associations, quantitative as well as qualitative empirical studies could be planned, conducted and analysed, providing additional knowledge on individual as well as institutional drivers and obstacles on Open Access publishing.

Publications

• Exploring Possibilities for Transforming Established Subscription-based Scientific Journals into Open Access Journals. Present Situation, Transformation Criteria, and Exemplary Implementation within Trans-O-MIM. Methods Inf Med. 2016; 55: 481-487
  Haux R, Kuballa S, Schulze M, Böhm C, Gefeller O, Haaf J, Henning P, Mielke C, Niggemann F, Schürg A, Bergemann D
  
• Methods Open - A New Journal Track Starting in 2017. Methods Inf Med. 2016; 55: 478-480
  Koch S, Haux R, Gefeller O, Sarkar IN, Bergemann D
  
• On Incentives for Open Access Publishing: A Survey at IMIA's Annual General Assembly During HEC2016. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017; 245: 901-904
  Kuballa S, Schulze M, Mielke C, Gefeller O, Haux R
  
• Erarbeitung einer Evaluationsmetrik zur Bewertung der Transformation einer Subskriptionszeitschrift in eine Open Access Zeitschrift. 63. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS). Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2017. DocAbstr. 18
  Mielke C, Kuballa S, Schulze M, Böhm C, Henning P, Schürg A, Haux R
  
• Open Access Publishing in the Field of Medical Informatics. J Med Syst. 2017; 41: 82
  Kuballa S
  
• Sind Open Access-Publikationen für Verlage aufwändiger zu bearbeiten? 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS). Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2017. DocAbstr. 94
  Kuballa S, Mielke C, Schulze M, Haux R, Henning P, Schürg A
  
• Die Ermittlung von Einflussfaktoren für oder gegen eine Open Access-Publikation bei WissenschaftlerInnen der Medizinischen Informatik. 63. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS). Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2018. DocAbstr. 10
  Kuballa S, Mielke C, Schulze M, Taddicken M, Haux R
  
• One Year with Methods Open. Methods Inf Med. 2018; 56: 414-415
  Koch S, Gefeller O, Haux R
  
• Einflussfaktoren bei Open Access-Publikationen. Worauf kommt es WissenschaftlerInnen der Medizinischen Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie beim Publizieren an? 64. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS). Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2019. DocAbstr. 165
  Kuballa S, Schulze M, Mielke C, Taddicken M, Haux R
  
• Identification of Influencing Factors Regarding the Decision for or Against an Open Access Publication of Scientists of Medical Informatics: Description and First Results of Group Discussions and Interviews. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019; 264: 1248-1252
  Kuballa S, Schulze M, Mielke C, Taddicken M, Haux R
  
• A Metric for Evaluating a Transformation of Subscription-Based Journals into Open-Access Journals. J Med Syst. 2020; 44: 196
  Mielke C, Kuballa S, Schulze M, Haux R
  
• Drivers and Obstacles of Open Access Publishing. A Qualitative Investigation of Individual and Institutional Factors. Frontiers in Communication. 2020; 5: 587465
  Greussing E, Kuballa S, Taddicken M, Schulze M, Mielke C, Haux R
  
• On Open Access Publishing in Medical Informatics: Results of the International Trans-O-MIM Research Project. Conference Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Conference of the Asia-Pacific Association for Medical Informatics, 36-37. Tokyo: Japan Association for Medical Informatics
  Haux R, Greussing E, Kuballa S, Mielke C, Schulze M, Taddicken M; Trans-O-MIM Research Team