Over-optimization of academic publishing metrics: observing Goodhart’s Law in action
Authors : Michael Fire, Carlos Guestrin Background The academic publishing world is changing significantly, with ever-growing numbers of publications each year ...
Étiquette : Scholarly Publishing
How to avoid borrowed plumes in academia
Authors : Margit Osterloh, Bruno S. Frey Publications in top journals today have a powerful influence on academic careers although there is much criticism of us...
Revisiting ‘the 1990s debutante’: scholar-led publishing and the pre-history of the open access movement
Author : Samuel Moore The movement for open access publishing is often said to have its roots in the scientific disciplines, having been popularised by scientif...
Ten Hot Topics around Scholarly Publishing
Authors : Jonathan P. Tennant, Harry Crane, Tom Crick, Jacinto Davila, Asura Enkhbayar, Johanna Havemann, Bianca Kramer, Ryan Martin, Paola Masuzzo, Andy Nobes...
Article Processing Charge Hyperinflation and Price Insensitivity: An Open Access Sequel to the Serials Crisis
Author: Shaun Yon-Seng Khoo Open access publishing has frequently been proposed as a solution to the serials crisis, which involved unsustainable budgetary pres...
Common Struggles: Policy-based vs. scholar-led approaches to open access in the humanities
Author : Samuel A. Moore Open access publishing (OA) not only removes price and permission restrictions to academic research, but also represents an opportunity...
The Price of Gold: Curiosity?
Authors : Daniel W. Hook, Mark Hahnel, Christian Herzog Gold open access as characterised by the payment of an article processing charge (APC) has become one of...