Evolution of the scholarly mega-journal, 2006–2017
Author : Bo-Christer Björk Mega-journals are a new kind of scholarly journal made possible by electronic publishing. They are open access (OA) and funded by ch...
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The Social Structure of Consensus in Scientific Review
Authors : Misha Teplitskiy, Daniel Acuna, Aida Elamrani-Raoult, Konrad Kording, James Evans Personal connections between creators and evaluators of scientific w...
Open access megajournals: The publisher perspective (Part 2: Operational realities)
Authors : Simon Wakeling ,Valérie Spezi, Jenny Fry, Claire Creaser, Stephen Pinfield, Peter Willett This paper is the second of two Learned Publishing articles ...
Open access megajournals: The publisher perspective (Part 1: Motivations)
Authors : Simon Wakeling ,Valérie Spezi , Jenny Fry, Claire Creaser, Stephen Pinfield, Peter Willett This paper is the first of two Learned Publishing articles ...
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...
Entre science légitime et science amateur : le devenir trivial d’une information scientifique sur Internet
À partir de l’exemple d’un article scientifique publié dans la revue américaine en ligne PLoS ONE, on montre que la circulation d’une information scientifique s...
Have the “mega-journals” reached the limits to growth?
« A “mega-journal” is a new type of scientific journal that publishes freely accessible articles, which have been peer reviewed for scientific trustworthiness, ...