How to avoid borrowed plumes in academia
Authors : Margit Osterloh, Bruno S. Frey Publications in top journals today have a powerful influence on academic careers although there is much criticism of us...
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Access to Top-Cited Emergency Care Articles (Published Between 2012 and 2016) Without Subscription
Authors : Murad Al Hamzy, Dominique de Villiers, Megan Banner, Hein Lamprecht, Stevan R. Bruijns Introduction Unrestricted access to journal publications speeds...
Altruism or Self-Interest? Exploring the Motivations of Open Access Authors
Authors : Robert Heaton, Dylan Burns, Becky Thoms More than 250 authors at Utah State University published an Open Access (OA) article in 2016. Analysis of surv...
Impact Assessment of Non-Indexed Open Access Journals: A Case Study
Authors : Daniela Solomon, Mark Eddy This case study assesses the impact of a small, open-access social sciences journal not included in citation tracking index...
Plan S: challenges and opportunities in Spain
Authors: Francisco Jesús Martínez-Galindo, Francisco Rubio, Javier Hernández-San-Miguel, Sergio Fernández Burguete Spain is one of the most active European coun...
Revisiting ‘the 1990s debutante’: scholar-led publishing and the pre-history of the open access movement
Author : Samuel Moore The movement for open access publishing is often said to have its roots in the scientific disciplines, having been popularised by scientif...
Ten Hot Topics around Scholarly Publishing
Authors : Jonathan P. Tennant, Harry Crane, Tom Crick, Jacinto Davila, Asura Enkhbayar, Johanna Havemann, Bianca Kramer, Ryan Martin, Paola Masuzzo, Andy Nobes...