On the Fast Track to Full Gold Open Access
Author : Robert Kudelić The world of scientific publishing is changing; the days of an old type of subscription-based earnings for publishers seem over, and we ...
Étiquette : Scholarly Publishing
May contain English – The assessment effect on language in publications and how this has manifested over a decade of DOAB titles
Authors : Danny Kingsley, Ronald Snijder Research assessment in a major driver of research behaviour. The current emphasis on journal citations in a limited num...
On The Peer Review Reports: Does Size Matter?
Authors : Abdelghani Maddi, Luis Miotti Amidst the ever-expanding realm of scientific production and the proliferation of predatory journals, the focus on peer ...
The ‘Must Stock’ Challenge in Academic Publishing: Pricing Implications of Transformative Agreements
Author : W. Benedikt Schmal The high relevance of top-notch academic journals turns them into ‘must stock’ products that assign its often commercial...
Mega-authorship implications: How many scientists can fit into one cell?
Author : Daniel S. Dotson The past 20 years has seen a significant increase in articles with 500 or more authors. This increase has presented problems in terms ...
Choice of Open Access in Elsevier Hybrid Journals
Author : Sumiko Asai Open access articles in hybrid journals have recently increased despite high article processing charges. This study investigated the impact...
Does it pay to pay? A comparison of the benefits of open-access publishing across various sub-fields in biology
Authors : Amanda D. Clark, Tanner C. Myers, Todd D. Steury, Ali Krzton et al. Authors are often faced with the decision of whether to maximize traditional impac...