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 ...
Étiquette : Scholarly Publishing
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...
How transformative are transformative agreements? Evidence from Germany across disciplines
Author : W. Benedikt Schmal Research institutions across the globe attempt to change the academic publishing system as digitization opens up new opportunities, ...
Beyond journals and peer review: towards a more flexible ecosystem for scholarly communication
Author : Michael Wood This article challenges the assumption that journals and peer review are essential for developing,evaluating and disseminating scientific ...