Toward openness and transparency to better facilitate knowledge creation
Author : Simon Mahony Changes in modes of publication over recent decades and moves to publish material freely and openly have resulted in increased amounts of ...
Étiquette : open access
The Rise of Platinum Open Access Journals with Both Impact Factors and Zero Article Processing Charges
Author : Joshua M. Pearce It appears that open access (OA) academic publishing is better for science because it provides frictionless access to make significant...
Ask the Editors: Assessing the Publishing Needs of Faculty Editors
Authors : Matthew E. Hunter, Liz Dunne, Camille Thomas, Laura Miller, Devin Soper Introduction This article reports results from a survey of faculty members wit...
Social justice driving open access publishing: an African perspective
Authors : Reggie Raju, Auliya Badrudeen The OA movement is generally considered to have been founded for the truly philanthropic purpose of promoting equity and...
Peer reviewers equally critique theory, method, and writing, with limited effect on the final content of accepted manuscripts
Author : Dimity Stephen The primary aims of peer review are to detect flaws and deficiencies in the design and interpretation of studies, and ensure the clarity...
International disparities in open access practices in the Earth Sciences
Authors : Olivier Pourret, David William Hedding, Daniel Enrique Ibarra, Dasapta Erwin Irawan, Haiyan Liu, Jonathan Peter Tennant Background Open access (OA) im...
Open Access in Geochemistry from Preprints to Data Sharing: Past, Present, and Future
Authors : Olivier Pourret, Dasapta Erwin Irawan In this short communication, we discuss the latest advances regarding Open Access in the earth sciences and geoc...