Publisher Pays

You may want to continue or start publishing your serial in publisher-pays model. In this model, neither the reader pays for access to the content, nor the author pays for publishing in the serial, thus the publishing costs are borne by the journal owner.

In the world, over 95% of scholarly journals that offer open access to their electronic content are financed by the research institutes, societies, universities and other organizations, to which the journals belong. Such institutions seek solutions that grow the journals’ quality and status, but do not grow their budgets. They often consider outsourcing some or all publishing functions to a professional publisher. Also, many editors want to focus on the editorial work, and would not like to get involved in journal production, distribution and marketing. Versita perfectly meets such needs.

Business Model

All open access journals at Versita offer unrestricted access to readers and libraries. Versita services are paid by the organizations, to which the journals belong.

Services and Fees

All open access journals at Versita have contracted the Basic Pack of the services. Some have also contracted selected additional services. The main component of the Basic Pack is the MetaPress online hosting and distribution platform. It offers very many functionalities, including automated reference linking and metadata distribution. Springer and over 100 other publishers use MetaPress. The Basic Pack also includes:

• inclusion of the journal into Versita Open platform
• standard journal websites at versitaopen.com and versita.com
• distribution to libraries; IP authorization
• librarian support (FAQ, e-mail)
• allocation of DOI; metadata distribution to CrossRef
• arranging for indexing by A&I services; metadata distribution to A&I services
• arranging for coverage by full-text repositories; full-text distribution to such repositories
• arranging for coverage by open access directories; metadata distribution to such directories
• indexing by Google and other search engines
• pre-evaluation for Medline; preparing application to Medline; optional applying to Medline
• pre-evaluation for Thomson Scientific; preparing application to TS; optional applying to TS
• advice how to grow citations and impact factors (for journals indexed by TS)
• advice how to grow reference linking
• usage statistics

Additional services are in the fields of:

• consulting (e.g. advice how to transform subscription journal to open access journal),
• editorial (e.g. online manuscript submission and peer review system Editorial Manager),
• production (e.g. online production tracking and content management system Preprint Manager),
• distribution (e.g. sales and distribution of printed copies),
• marketing (e.g. e-mail marketing).

Versita fee for the Basic Pack is per article published and is very affordable. There are no set-up or fixed fees involved. Additional services are separately priced per service, so the journal owner can customize the range of publishing services used, according to its needs and budget.

For more details on Versita Open publisher-pays model, please see the presentation (PDF, 1,67 MB) and the Frequently Asked Questions. Also, please contact us at  sales@versita.com.