Partners in Digital Health OA Journal Institutional Plan
Dear Librarian,
Partners in Digital Health (PDH) is working with libraries, and research consortia to find ways to support researchers by finding new models for collaboration to remove some or
all of the burden of the traditional Article Publishing Charge (APC) model incurred by individual authors.
We would like to recommend the Partners in Digital Health (PDH) Institutional Plan for consideration and ask librarians and resource managers to support researchers, faculty and students to continue their hearty participation and contributions to open science.
Institutional Partnerships
To streamline how researchers are supported financially when publishing open access, Institutional Partner programs can reduce administrative time for institutions and authors by centralizing communications, improving submission and payment workflows, and alleviate hardship by adding discounts and waivers.
Benefits for institutional partners
- Discounts are applied to published APC rates
- Provided monthly reports to monitor engagement
- Control each APC along with verification
- Flexible payment
methods
- Dedicated PDH business management support
Benefits to authors
- Support throughout the publishing process
- Exceptional customer service with inquiries answered in 24 hours
- A simple submission process with guidelines to facilitate processing and peer review
- Increased impact of research from lab to real world improving discoverability and engagement across a global health ecosystem. Journals continuously log monthly engagements between 35,000 – 194,000 engagements as per Google Analytics
- The Article Processing
Charges (APCs), may be reduced or waived
Payment options
The Partners in Digital Health Institutional Partnership offers flexible payment models to allocate open access resources efficiently and effectively. A fixed discount off the published APC is suggested with an unlimited number of original research
manuscript submissions. Examples for each journal are below:
- BHTY: if the APC is $1,150.00 USD for an accepted 10,000 word manuscript, PDH will discount the APC 50% for a final $575.00 USD fee.
- THMT: if the APC is $650 for an accepted 10,000 word manuscript, PDH will discount the APC 50% for a final $325.00
USD.
Invoiced monthly
- APCs for all accepted articles within a given month are aggregated into one monthly invoice with discounts applied
- No pre-payment or deposit required
Direct invoicing
- APCs for all accepted articles are sent directly to a contact point at the institution
- Applicable discounts are applied
- “Pay as you go”
Pre-payment
- Funds can be deposited into a Partners in Digital
Health account and used to pay APCs of accepted articles
- Funds remain available without time limit
Journals
PDH publishes journals in two niche specialty fields.
As you know, large legacy publishers get the lion's share of the market establishing lucrative deals with the largest consortiums and organizations. There are equally viable alternatives to seize to build partnerships on a smaller
scale.
We are happy to discuss plan customization for your specific needs and requisites. We believe partnerships should truly be a win/win.
Please contact [email protected] or the publisher, Tory Cenaj, at [email protected] to schedule a virtual chat at your convenience.
Many thanks for your consideration and
interest.
Sincerely,
Tory Cenaj
Tory Cenaj
Founder and Publisher
Partners in Digital Health
