DA-RT What publishing houses can and can’t do Patrick McCartan Publishing Director, Social Science and Humanities Journals Cambridge University Press

Introduction DA-RT’s motivating premise Sharing data and information fuels a culture of openness and promotes the effective transfer of knowledge Cambridge University Press We further the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence

Credibility and legitimacy of scientific claims As part of the academy we want to demonstrate the power and rigour of the work we publish Credibility of scientific claims Availability for other scholars to rigorously evaluate Legitimacy of scientific claims Results are the product of a publicly described process based on a stable and shared set of beliefs about the production of knowledge

Benefits of openness Makes research more refutable and informative Increases influence and impact Increases cross-border understanding Network externalities (teaching) Lowers barriers to entry

Challenges What data and information should be shared Lack of professional incentives Temporal and money expenses Potential for embarrassment Quantitative v qualitative replication

Levers to increase incentives Change disciplinary norms Develop software tools to lower barriers to entry Socialization – incentivize graduate students early on in career by integrating values Journals an important part of the gatekeeping process

Why do publishers exist? Registration Quality assurance Dissemination Archiving

Journals and improving replication practices Articulate clearly its expectations and standards about the quality of the replication files – instructions for contributors, editorial processes Require complete replication files before acceptance Implement a replication audit Retract publications with non-reproducible analyses

What can publishers do: technical Conversation with Editors and proprietors Instructions for contributors: clear and precise guidelines Automate checking and posting in workflow programmes Labelling Reconfigure online article submission and peer review system (ScholarOne, Editorial Manager, Editorial Express) to talk to DVN

What can publishers do: general Set standards Collaboration across journals and subject areas Use brand to overcome incentive problem Keep pace with evolving technologies, practices and norms across journals and subject areas Launch new journals Open Access

Production workflow

Finally… Publishers should aim: to creatively engage using our expertise and knowledge to help to solve problems to add value to add credibility and legitimacy to the initiative