Scholarly journal publishing in transition – from restricted to open access
Authors : Bo-Christer Björk While the business models used in most segments of the media industry have been profoundly changed by the Internet surprisingly litt...
Étiquette : open access
Where and how early career researchers find scholarly information
Authors : David Nicholas, Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri, Blanca Rodríguez-Bravo, Jie Xu, Anthony Watkinson, Abdullah Abrizah, Eti Herman, Marzena Świgon This artic...
The openness buzz in the knowledge economy: Towards taxonomy
Authors : Anna Lundgren, Hans Westlund In the networked information and knowledge-based economy and society, the notions of ‘open’ and ‘openness’ are used in a ...
Open Access and the Graduate Author: A Dissertation Anxiety Manual
Authors : Jill Cirasella, Polly Thistlethwaite The process of completing a dissertation is stressful—deadlines are scary, editing is hard, formatting is tricky,...
Fairness in scientific publishing
Author : Philippa C. Matthews Major changes are afoot in the world of academic publishing, exemplified by innovations in publishing platforms, new approaches to...
Quantifying the distribution of editorial power and manuscript decision bias at the mega-journal PLOS ONE
Author : Alexander M. Petersen We analyzed the longitudinal activity of nearly 7,000 editors at the mega-journal PLOS ONE over the 10-year period 2006-2015. Usi...
Laying Tracks as the Train Approaches: Innovative Open Access Book Publishing at Heidelberg University from the Editors’ Point of View
Authors : Andrea Hacker, Elizabeth Corrao In April 2016, Heidelberg University’s newly founded open access publisher heiUP launched the first volume of th...