Incentive Policies for Scientific Publications in the State Universities of Chile
Authors : Elizabeth Troncoso, Francisco Ganga-Contreras, Margarita Briceño Most state universities in Chile (15 out of 18) have monetary incentive policies for ...
Étiquette : Scholarly Publishing
How transformative agreements are actually transforming the subscription system: a society publisher’s perspective
Authors : Graham Anderson, Jade Heyman, Maggie Simmons Transformative agreements (TAs) are useful tools to accelerate the growth in open access (OA) for small p...
Should open access lead to closed research? The trends towards paying to perform research
Authors : Lin Zhang, Yahui Wei, Ying Huang, Gunnar Sivertsen Open Access (OA) emerged as an important transition in scholarly publishing worldwide during the pa...
OA isn’t free, it costs folks like you and me. How open access ideology obscures labour inequity in academia
Author : John Bryans Despite the framing of open access (OA) as a progressive movement that challenges neoliberalism and champions the public good, academic lab...
Characteristics of ‘mega’ peer-reviewers
Authors : Danielle B. Rice, Ba’ Pham, Justin Presseau, Andrea C. Tricco, David Moher Background The demand for peer reviewers is often perceived as disproportio...
The need for accelerated change in diversity, equity and inclusion in publishing and learned societies
Author : Jonathan Roscoe Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority for many organizations and institutions, including learned societies. With...
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...