Preprints: Their Evolving Role in Science Communication
Authors : Iratxe Puebla, Jessica Polka, Oya Rieger The use of preprints for the dissemination of research in some life sciences branches has increased substanti...
Étiquette : Scholarly Publishing
Open is not forever: A study of vanished open access journals
Authors : Mikael Laakso, Lisa Matthias, Najko Jahn The preservation of the scholarly record has been a point of concern since the beginning of knowledge product...
‘Nepotistic journals’: a survey of biomedical journals
Authors : Alexandre Scanff, Florian Naudet, Ioana Cristea, David Moher, Dorothy V M Bishop, Clara Locher Context Convergent analyses in different disciplines su...
Journal Open Access and Plan S: Solving Problems or Shifting Burdens?
Authors : Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin, David J. Allen, Bas de Bruin, Etienne Derat, Henrik Urdal This academic thought piece provides an overview of the histor...
‘Communists of Knowledge’? A case for the implementation of ‘radical open access’ in the humanities and social sciences
Author : Eleanor Masterman Open access (OA) has widely been touted as a ‘radical’ alternative to the traditional scholarly publishing system, which has faced he...
Waiving article processing charges for least developed countries: a keystone of a large-scale open access transformation
Authors : Niels Taubert, Andre Bruns, Christopher Lenke, Graham Stone This article investigates whether it is economically feasible for a large publishing house...
Implementing the RDA Research Data Policy Framework in Slovenian Scientific Journals
Authors: Janez Štebe, Maja Dolinar, Sonja Bezjak, Ana Inkret The paper aims to present the implementation of the RDA research data policy framework in Slovenian...