How to improve scientific peer review: Four schools of thought
Authors : Ludo Waltman, Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner, Stephen Pinfield, Helen Buckley Woods Peer review plays an essential role as one of the cornerstones of the scho...
Étiquette : Scholarly Publishing
Are female scientists less inclined to publish alone? The gender solo research gap
Authors : Marek Kwiek, Wojciech Roszka In solo research, scientists compete individually for prestige, sending clear signals about their research ability, avoid...
Editors publishing in their own journals: A systematic review of prevalence and a discussion of normative aspects
Authors : Gert Helgesson, Igor Radun, Jenni Radun, Gustav Nilsonne Journal editors are the main gatekeepers in scientific publishing. Yet there is a concern tha...
Predatory journals and publishers: Characteristics and impact of academic spam to researchers in educational sciences
Authors : Jaume Sureda-Negre, Aina Calvo-Sastre, Rubén Comas-Forgas This study focuses on the phenomenon of presumed predatory scientific publications in the fi...
Why do journals discontinue? A study of Australian ceased journals
Authors : Hamid R. Jamali, Simon Wakeling, Alireza Abbasi Little is known about why journals discontinue despite its significant implications. We present an ana...
Innovations in peer review in scholarly publishing: a meta-summary
Authors : Helen Buckley Woods, Johanna Brumberg, Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner, Stephen Pinfield, Ludo Waltman Background There are currently numerous innovations in p...
The Essence and Transcendence of Scientific Publishing
Authors : José L. Medina-Franco, Edgar López-López Disseminating the results of scientific research in various forms (typically, peer-reviewed papers, conferenc...