John Wiley & Sons, Inc. today announced the launch of the Wiley Open
Access Account Dashboard, an online tool that simplifies management of
open access funds for institutions and funders. The Account Dashboard is
now available for all Wiley Open Access Account holders.
The Wiley Open Access Account Dashboard places Wiley at the forefront of
open access technology. In a first for a global publisher, the dashboard
provides funder and institutional customers with complete control over
their open access funds online. Account holders can approve or deny open
access payment requests immediately while authors will be informed of
decisions as soon as they are made.
“The dashboard has made Wiley by far the easiest company to deal with
regarding open access,” said a representative from one of Scotland’s
largest Universities. “That is quite a big claim! It’s made a real
difference to what can generally be a very cumbersome process.”
The Wiley Open Access Account Dashboard was developed with funders and
institutions in mind. Many funders require the published output of
funded research to be made freely available. Funders also provide monies
to institutions for open access payments. As a result institutions are
under increasing pressure to report to multiple funders on open access
payments made. Wiley’s innovative open access technology simplifies this
process and ensures transparency. The dashboard’s reporting function
generates detailed statements that include historical payments, the
articles funding sources and any discounts provided by Wiley. The
dashboard also enables account holders to check their account balance,
top up account funds as well as receive email reminders for reports and
payments.
“The Wiley Open Access Account Dashboard is a major benefit to funders
and institutions and gives an aggregate view of all open access papers
they have funded” said Rachel Burley, Wiley Vice President and Director,
Open Access. “We designed the site in consultation with our customers
and so it is expressly intended to save them time by making open access
fund management and reporting automated, fast and simple.”
There are over forty-two Wiley Open Access Account holders who pay open
access charges on behalf of their authors publishing with Wiley. Until
now, the processing of payments for these account holders was completed
manually. Each request was submitted individually to the publisher and
sent onto the account holder for decision The Wiley Open Access Account
Dashboard reduces this administrative burden and provides account
holders with the tools they need to manage and report on their open
access funds.
The Wiley Open Access Account Dashboard underscores Wiley’s significant
investment in open access. OnlineOpen, Wiley’s hybrid open access
option, has steadily expanded and the Wiley Open Access journal program
now publishes 33 journals with additional titles to be launched in 2014.
Both Wiley Open access and Online Open offer authors copyright retention
and a choice of Creative Commons licenses.
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About Wiley Open Access
Wiley Open Access provides authors wishing to publish their research
open access with a range of high quality publications which meet the
requirements of funding organizations and institutions where these
apply. Wiley Open Access journals are supported by a network of
high-quality journals and societies as well as internationally-renowned
editorial board members. For more information, please visit http://www.wileyopenaccess.com.
About Wiley:
Wiley is a global provider of knowledge and knowledge-enabled services
that improve outcomes in areas of research, professional practice and
education. Through the Research segment, the Company provides digital
and print scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals,
reference works, books, database services, and advertising. The
Professional Development segment provides digital and print books,
online assessment and training services, and test prep and
certification. In Education, Wiley provides print and digital content,
and education solutions including online program management services for
higher education institutions and course management tools for
instructors and students.
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