Going Open Access: The Attitudes and Actions of Scientific Journal Editors in China
Authors : Wenqi Fu, Jie Xu, Qing Fang, Jingjia Ding, Hanqing Ma This study aims to investigate the attitudes and actions of scientific journal editors in China ...
Étiquette : Scholarly Publishing
Applying Librarian- Created Evaluation Tools to Determine Quality and Credibility of Open Access Library Science Journals
Authors : Maggie Albro, Jessica L. Serrao, Christopher D. Vidas, Jenessa M. McElfresh, K. Megan Sheffield, Megan Palmer This article explores the application of...
Gender differences in submission behavior exacerbate publication disparities in elite journals
Authors : Isabel Basson, Chaoqun Ni, Giovanna Badia, Nathalie Tufenkji, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Vincent Larivière Women are particularly underrepresented in journa...
Open access movement in the scholarly world: Pathways for libraries in developing countries
Authors : Arslan Sheikh, Joanna Richardson Open access is a scholarly publishing model that has emerged as an alternative to traditional subscription-based jour...
The strain on scientific publishing
Authors : Mark A. Hanson, Pablo Gómez Barreiro, Paolo Crosetto, Dan Brockington Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being publishe...
The Oligopoly’s Shift to Open Access. How the Big Five Academic Publishers Profit from Article Processing Charges
Authors : Leigh-Ann Butler, Lisa Matthias, Marc-André Simard, Philippe Mongeon, Stefanie Haustein This study aims to estimate the total amount of article proces...
Varieties of diffusion in academic publishing: How status and legitimacy influence growth trajectories of new innovation
Authors : Kyle Siler, Vincent Larivière Open Access (OA) publishing has progressed from an initial fringe idea to a still-growing, major component of modern aca...