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Articlebasedpublishing|Elsevier

Articlebasedpublishing

In2010webeganintroducingarticlebasedpublishingforjournals,makingfinalandcitablearticlesavailableonlinefaster,andimprovingtheir
findability.ArticleswillbepublishedassoonaspossiblewithoutwaitingforanissuetobecompiledtheywillappearinanIssueinProgress.
Benefits:
Finalandcitablearticlesarepublishedwithoutneedingtowaituntilajournalissueiscomplete
Publicationspeedisimprovedbyanaverageof7weeks
Fastercitationsresearcherscanusethecompletecitationsearlier
Publicationprocessreflectsindustryshiftfromprinttoelectronicpublishing
About
Withanincreasingfocusononlinepublishing,thereisagrowingneedforinnovativepublicationmodelsgearedtowardsindividualarticles
insteadoftheprintbasedissuemodel.Articlebasedpublishingistheassigningoffinalcitationdataonanarticlebyarticlebasis,decoupled
fromthecompilationofthejournalissueitself.
WhatisArticlebasedpublishing
ArticlebasedpublishingispublishinganarticletoanIssueinProgressassoonasitisfinalizedandnothavingtowaitfortheentireissueto
appear.Untilnow,articleshadtowaituntilajournalissuewasfullycompletetobeassignedpagenumbersarticlescouldthereforebemoved
aroundinsideajournalissue,andpagenumberscouldbereassignedbeforepublication.Now,everytimeanindividualarticleisfinished,it
receivesapagerangeandispublishedonlineinsideanIssueinProgress.Eachfinishedarticlefollowsthepreviousoneuntiltheissueisfilled
withfullycitablearticles.Volumeandissuenumberingsystemwillremainbecausethisistheindustrystandard,anditalsoprovidescontextto
whenthearticlewaspublished.
ArticleBasedPublishingismajorstepforwardinpublishing.Nowthearticleispublishedinitsfinalformwithinjustafewweeksafter
acceptance,whichprovidesthejournalanimportantcompetitiveadvantage,saidProfessorRenJanssen,EditorofOrganicElectronics.
Authorswillbeequallypleasedtoseetheresultsoftheirresearchpublishedsooner.
ArticleBasedPublishingisakeypartofElsevierseffortstofindnewwaystospeedupandenhancethepublicationprocess,saidMartin
Tanke,ManagingDirectorofS&TJournalsforElsevier.AlongwithPeerChoiceandArticleoftheFuture,werecontinuouslyaddressingour
communitysrequestsforpublishinginnovation.
MultipleVolumesinacatalogueyear
Ifmultiplevolumesareavailableforajournal,multipleIssuesinProgresscanbeopenandfilledwitharticlessimultaneously,eliminating
thelagtimebetweenissues.Asanewvolumesstartsonpage1,articlepagenumbersareknowneventhoughthepreviousvolumesisstill
open.

IssueInProgress

MultipleVolumes

Volume5,Issue1complete

Volume5,Issue1InProgress

Volume5,Issue2complete

Volume6,Issue1InProgress

Volume5,Issue3InProgress

Volume7,Issue1InProgress

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WhyMultipleVolumes?
ItallcomesdowntoensuringwehavetheoperationalelementsinplacetopublishquicklyandaccuratelyontheArticleBasedPublishing
modelthatweremovingtoin2012.We'veobservedthatjournalsonABPpublishingmorethan12issuesperannumsometimesbecome
delayed.Thisismainlybecauseweneedtowaitforconfirmationoftheendpagenumberofanissuebeforewecanopenupthenextissue.
Asasolution,havingmultiplevolumes(allstartingonpage1)allowsustostaggerproductionplanning,meaningthatwecanhavemorethan
onevolumeopenatonce(whichisalsousefulforspecialissues)andcloseouteachvolumewithanendpagenumber.
Benefits
Publicationtimesarereducedevenfurther
Schedulingofmultiplevolumesavoidsdelaysbetweenissues
FlexibilityforSpecialIssues
SpecialIssuescanbeinsertedintotheschedulewithoutaffectingthepublicationtimesofregulararticles
Implications
CataloguemaychangetofacilitateflexibilitywithmultiplevolumesPleasenotethatthischangeinthepublicationschedule(andpossibly
frequency)willnotinfluencepricing.
ScreenshotofhowMultipleVolumesandIssuesInProgressarepresentedonline(ScienceDirect)

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