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Frequently Asked Questions
• How do I submit a paper that I want to be published as open access? Who needs to know and by when?
• Do I have to assign copyright?
• Won’t assignment of copyright to Maney restrict distribution and reuse rights?
• What if my funding agency places archiving and/or distribution conditions on publication?
• Will my paper be published more quickly if it is published as an open access paper?
• In what ways will an open access paper be treated differently from a paper published regularly?
• Can I publish a review or survey paper in the open access service?
• How much will it cost to publish an open access paper and what does the cost cover?
• What payment options, (including currencies) do I have?
• Are taxes included?
• Who is responsible for paying the article charge?
• May I change the status of my paper, either from or to, open access?
• Our library is interested in expanding the number of publishers we pay open access publication fees on behalf
of authors, but of course we want to pay for content only once. How does Maney intend to reconcile the
duplicate, parallel subscription/publication fees for the same articles content? Will Maney be reducing
institutional subscription fees in line with the percentage of articles published under the MORE OpenChoice
model, or will Maney, like some other publishers, be charging twice for the same content, under two
business models?
How do I submit a paper that I want to be published as Open Access? Who needs to know and by when?
You will submit your paper according to the generic 'Instructions for Authors' of your selected journal.
Only once your paper is accepted for publication will you be offered the option to publish it open access. Up until that point, no one involved in assessing your paper – neither editors nor peer-reviewers will know nor their judgment be affected by your choice of dissemination.
Authors opting for their article to be made open access will be required to make payment via ManeyTrack, Maney Publishing's web-based production tracking system. Log-in details for ManeyTrack are supplied via email to the corresponding author once his/her paper has entered production.
A signed Assignment of Copyright Form is also required and will be supplied to the corresponding author either at submission or with first proofs, depending on each journal's production route.
You can check to see that the journal to which you wish to submit your article is a MORE OpenChoice journal, and view article processing charges here.
If it is NOT a MORE OpenChoice participating journal, you should discuss your requirements with the managing editor of the journal or contact openchoice@maney.co.uk
Do I have to assign copyright?
Yes, with a few notable exceptions. It is Maney’s policy to require copyright assignment to enable efficient handling of rights; to safeguard authors against plagiarism and infringement; and to protect and authenticate the final published version in perpetuity.
It may be that you are not able to make the assignment solely by yourself:
a. If it is appropriate (e.g. due to your employment contract), your employer may sign the copyright agreement.
b. If you are a UK Government employee, TSO will grant a non-exclusive licence to publish the Article in the Journal in any medium or form provided that Crown Copyright and user rights (including patent rights) are reserved.
c. If you are a US Government employee and the work was done in that capacity, the assignment applies only to the extent allowed by US law.
For more information including Maney’s full copyright and permissions policy and a useful 'advice for authors' document, please click here.
Won’t assignment of copyright to Maney restrict distribution and reuse rights?
Publishing a MORE OpenChoice paper enables legitimate open distribution of your work online under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence Non-Commercial 3.0. Under the terms of this licence (and compliant with copyright laws) anyone re-using or re-distributing your work must acknowledge you as author, and attribute original publication to the journal.
What if my funding agency places archiving and/or distribution conditions on publication?
Unless there are any specific or unusual circumstances, in which case you will be alerted by your production editor, Maney undertakes to deposit your article in institutional and/or subject repositories (such as PubMed Central) as indicated by you when you notify Maney of your participation in MORE OpenChoice.
Will my paper be published more quickly if it is published as an Open Access paper?
No. A MORE OpenChoice paper will be treated as any regular paper submitted to the journal. Neither peer-review, nor production quality will be compromised. Neither will payment of an article charge confer preferential treatment. The quality assurance processes in place will ensure the same standard for all papers published in the journal, regardless of provenance or funding.
The production process for MORE OpenChoice papers will be delayed only if you do not supply a signed Assignment of copyright form, or if you do not make payment.
If you are publishing in one of our journals which FastTrack papers for early online publication, then your paper will be deposited on PubMedCentral (or any other nominated repository or archive) at the same time. If the journal in which your paper is to be published does not FastTrack papers online, it will be deposited on PubMed Central (or any other nominated repository or archive) when published online.
In what ways will an Open Access paper be treated differently from a paper published regularly?
Publishing a paper under MORE OpenChoice confers no favours and imposes no penalties; the standards applied for publication in a journal are applied equally to all papers submitted. They will be reviewed and assessed on scientific or scholarly merit. Unlike papers that are published within 'sponsored supplements', where a guest editor or special issue panel may be convened, the funding arrangements and status of a paper will not be known to editors or reviewers who will be assessing its merit.
An open access article will carry the MORE OpenChoice logo on its front page as an explicit indicator of the distribution rights allowable because of its open access status. The only delay to publication that may occur would result from failing to supply a signed Assignment of Copyright form, or not making payment.
Can I publish a review or survey paper as a MORE OpenChoice article?
There are no restrictions on the type of paper that may be published within MORE OpenChoice. We do not control nor dictate what is accepted for publication. Any article submitted that falls within the aims and scope of a journal will be eligible to be published as a MORE OpenChoice paper.
How much will it cost to publish an Open Access paper and what does the cost cover?
Maney has opted for a flat fee per article of £1,250/US$2,000 across all participating STM journals and £500/US$800 with page limits across all participating humanities journals. Please check here for a list of all participating journals.
Publishing a MORE OpenChoice paper offers NO preferment. Papers are accepted on scientific or scholarly merit.
The article charge pays directly for open accessibility online. In this first experimental stage of combining two business models (subscription and article charges) within a hybrid model, the level has been set so that depending on uptake, article charge revenue (and its predictability) would affect the subscription price we charge in future. Should the open access article charge model prevail in any of our titles, it will need to cover costs associated with:-
- Peer-review
- Copyediting
- Typesetting
- XML mark-up
and contribute towards maintaining the editorial, production and marketing infrastructure in place to support the journal.
The article charge does NOT cover any extra costs associated with printing, e.g. colour charges. Colour is included free of charge in online versions but would be charged at our current rates if required in the print version. Where extra page charges exist, these will similarly apply to MORE OpenChoice papers.
What payment options, (including currencies) do I have?
You will be required to make payment via ManeyTrack, Maney Publishing's web-based production tracking system. Log-in details for ManeyTrack are supplied via email to the corresponding author once his/her paper has entered production.
It is the author's responsibility to arrange payment of the article charge. Authors may pay the article charge themselves, or generate an invoice via ManeyTrack to supply funders who have agreed to pay publication fees. Payment options are:
- Cheque
- Bank transfer
- Credit/Debit Card
We charge in UK £ and US $.
No. Authors have to add Value-Added Tax (VAT, currently 20%), unless they are personally registered for VAT. European Union Institutions paying the fee on behalf of the Author can in most cases have the VAT refunded, or, by following instructions within ManeyTrack, enter their VAT registration number*, and avoid paying VAT altogether.
(*except UK)
Who is responsible for paying the article charge?
The Author is responsible for the payment but has the option to generate an invoice via ManeyTrack to supply to funders who have agreed to pay publication fees.
May I change the status of my paper, either from or to, Open Access?
If you have published a paper in a qualifying MORE OpenChoice journal and after publication wish to alter access rights and place it in the public domain, you may do so by contacting the managing editor of the journal.
If you have published a MORE OpenChoice paper that is in the public domain and wish to alter access to subscribers only, you may apply to do so only with the written permission of the agency that paid the publication fee. In such circumstances, Maney will not refund the fee.
If Maney does not receive payment of publication fees, it reserves the right to remove a paper from the public domain.
We recognise, and hope in due course to resolve fairly, the possibility of future income from open access payments adding to subscription revenue. MORE OpenChoice is a hybrid model and open access
publishing is a novelty for Maney. It is subscription income that currently provides financial stability for our journals and the societies on behalf of whom we publish.
Our intention is to review the uptake of the choice we are now offering authors when we review subscription prices in July of every year; beginning in July 2010. Should there be a substantial swing towards open access publishing in any of our journals, we will consider the options. One would be to reflect the higher proportion of open access material in the subscription price for the following year. Another – and one that will depend on article submissions and their quality– would be to publish more pages, or issues, at no higher cost. Finally, we have also considered offering subscribing institutions a discount for publication/open access fees, but for occasional payments this presents a serious administrative challenge and so this option is only likely to be exercised as and when our open access business develops and there is a steady flow of open access papers.
