Attitudes of North American Academics toward Open Access Scholarly Journals
Authors : Elizabeth D. Dalton, Carol Tenopir, Bo-Christer Björk In this study, the authors examine attitudes of researchers toward open access (OA) scholarly jo...
Étiquette : scholarly journals
Intellectual and social similarity among scholarly journals: An exploratory comparison of the networks of editors, authors and co-citations
Authors : Alberto Baccini, Lucio Barabesi, Mahdi Khelfaoui, Yves Gingras This paper explores, by using suitable quantitative techniques, to what extent the inte...
Do we need to move from communication technology to user community? A new economic model of the journal as a club
Authors : John Hartley, Jason Potts, Lucy Montgomery, Ellie Rennie, Cameron Neylon Much of the argument around reforming, remaking, or preserving the traditions...
APCs – Mirroring the impact factor or legacy of the subscription-based model?
Author : Nina Schönfelder With the ongoing open-access transformation, article processing charges (APCs) are gaining importance as the dominant business model f...
Post-publication peer review in biomedical journals: overcoming obstacles and disincentives to knowledge sharing
Authors : Valerie Matarese, Karen Shashok The importance of post-publication peer review (PPPR) as a type of knowledge exchange has been emphasized by several a...
Use of Twitter in Spanish Communication Journals
Authors : Victoria Tur-Viñes, Jesús Segarra-Saavedra, Tatiana Hidalgo-Marí This is an exploratory study on the Twitter profiles managed by 30 Spanish Communicat...
Beyond Fact Checking: Reconsidering the Status of Truth of Published Articles
Authors : David Pontille, Didier Torny Since the 17th century, scientific knowledge has been produced through a collective process, involving specific technolog...