Journal Announcements: March 2015
ASM Journals Implements Revised Author Fee Structure and New Preprints Policy
CHANGES TO AUTHOR FEES FOR ASM JOURNALS
The final report with recommendations from the Journals Strategic Planning Task was approved by the CPC in October 2014 and by the Finance Committee in February 2015. The report included a recommendation to reduce the publication fees paid by authors of articles published in ASM journals. The following changes will roll out on April 1st, 2015:
- Fees for color figures have been eliminated.
- The increased rate for pages in excess of 8 and the Optional Open Access surcharge have been eliminated. Authors of research papers now have the option to pay either flat page charges for 6-month access control or an APC ($2250 for members/$3000 for nonmembers) for immediate open access to their articles.
- The page charge “holiday” announced in 2014 for JB authors will continue through December 2015, but JB authors will have the same open access option as authors publishing in the other journals.
NEW PREPRINTS POLICY
ASM Journals will consider for publication manuscripts that have been posted in a recognized not-for-profit preprint archive, providing that upon acceptance of the manuscript for publication the author is still able to grant ASM copyright or agree to the terms of an Open Access license and pay the associated fee. It is the responsibility of the author to inform the journal at the time of submission if and where the manuscript has been previously posted. If the manuscript is accepted for publication in an ASM journal, the author is required to ensure that the preprint is updated with a citation to the final published article that includes the DOI along with a link.
UPDATE 22 May 2018: Authors may now deposit their manuscripts to bioRxiv directly from ASM Journals submission system.
AUTHOR FEATURES
The ASM Journals program is proud to offer new features that we hope will benefit authors. Please visit our Authors page to stay abreast of all new developments.
- Kudos: Kudos, a new company that has developed a convenient set of tools to help researchers leverage social media to increase awareness of their articles. Authors who register with Kudos' free service will be able to view the impact of social media efforts, including a Facebook share or Tweet, on their Kudos Author Dashboard. Here's a quick introduction video on how Kudos can help amplify readership of your research.UPDATE January 2019: ASM discontinued offering the Kudos service at the beginning of 2019.
- ORCID: ASM Journals is a member of ORCID and publishes author ORCID IDs in articles. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized. The ORCID Registry is available free of charge to individuals, who may obtain an ORCID identifier, manage their record of activities, and search for others in the ORCID Registry. To register for an ID, please visit the ORCID website.
- Article Level Metrics: All 15 ASM journals display article level metrics for online journal articles. Readers can view cumulative and monthly online downloads for an article's abstract, full-text or PDF. Displayed data will reflect usage from 1999 to the present. Each journal article will now include an Article Usage Statistics Center, which can be accessed by clicking on the “Article Usage Statistics” link located to the right of each article.
- Lens*: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy® (AAC), Clinical Microbiology Reviews® (CMR) and mBio® are participating in a Lens beta viewing pilot, which provides a more accessible view of the online article. In the optional “Lens” view, figures, tables, references, and additional information are presented in a panel to the right of the text, allowing readers to concurrently view the article text. ASM encourages readers to send feedback via the link at the top of the article page.
*ASM's participation in the Lens pilot proogram ended in 2017.
If you have any questions, please contact us at journals@asmusa.org. We thank you for your continued support of the ASM Journals program.