Data journals: A survey
Data occupy a key role in our information society. However, although the amount of published data continues to grow and terms such as data deluge and big data t...
Étiquette : Scholarly Publishing
The Oligopoly of Academic Publishers in the Digital Era
« The consolidation of the scientific publishing industry has been the topic of much debate within and outside the scientific community, especially in relation ...
Evolution or revolution? Publishers’ perceptions of future directions in research communications and the publisher role
« This report presents a snapshot of the views of a wide range of publishers, covering their perceptions of future directions in research communications, schola...
Have the “mega-journals” reached the limits to growth?
« A “mega-journal” is a new type of scientific journal that publishes freely accessible articles, which have been peer reviewed for scientific trustworthiness, ...
Disrupting the subscription journals’ business model for the necessary large-scale transformation to open access
« This paper makes the strong, fact-based case for a large-scale transformation of the current corpus of scientific subscription journals to an open access busi...
Getting the Word Out Academic Libraries as Scholarly Publishers
« In the past decade there has been an intense growth in the number of library publishing services supporting faculty and students. Unified by a commitment to b...
Apprenticeship in Scholarly Publishing: A Student Perspective on Doctoral Supervisors’ Roles
« Although a large body of literature has suggested that doctoral supervisors play an important role in their students’ attempts at scholarly publishing, few st...