Biomedical authors’ awareness of publication ethics: an international survey
Authors : Sara Schroter, Jason Roberts, Elizabeth Loder, Donald B Penzien, Sarah Mahadeo, Timothy T Houle Objective The extent to which biomedical authors have ...
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Confused about copyright? Assessing Researchers’ Comprehension of Copyright Transfer Agreements
Authors: Alexandra Kohn, Jessica Lange INTRODUCTION Academic authors’ confusion about copyright and publisher policy is often cited as a challenge to their effe...
Marketing via Email Solicitation by Predatory (and Legitimate) Journals: An Evaluation of Quality, Frequency and Relevance
Authors: Warren Burggren, Dilip K. Madasu, Kevin S. Hawkins, Martin Halbert INTRODUCTION Open access (OA) journals have proliferated in recent years. Many journ...
“No comment”?: A study of commenting on PLOS articles
Authors : Simon Wakeling, Peter Willett, Claire Creaser, Jenny Fry, Stephen Pinfield, Valerie Spezi, Marc Bonne, Christina Founti, Itzelle Medina Perea Article ...
Unethical aspects of open access
Authors : David Shaw, Bernice Elger In this article we identify and discuss several ethical problematic aspects of open access scientific publishing. We conclud...
What Value Do Journal Whitelists and Blacklists Have in Academia?
Authors : Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Panagiotis Tsigaris This paper aims to address the issue of predatory publishing, sensu lato. To achieve this, we offer ou...
Sustainable open access for scholarly journals in 6 years – the incubator model at Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals
Authors : Jeroen Sondervan, Fleur Stigter Key points Humanities and the social science journals need flexible funding models. Pragmatism and collaboration are k...