Donations as a Source of Income for Open Access Journals: An Option To Consider?
« Online open access journals allow readers to view scholarly articles without a subscription or other payment barrier. However, publishing costs must still be ...
Étiquette : scientific communication
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...
Revues scientifiques et droit d’auteur : la rupture de l’open access
« L’apparition du numérique a constitué pour l’édition scientifique une étape essentielle, comme pour de nombreux autres secteurs des industries dit...
Characterizing Social Media Metrics of Scholarly Papers: The Effect of Document Properties and Collaboration Patterns
« A number of new metrics based on social media platforms—grouped under the term “altmetrics”—have recently been introduced as potential indicators of research ...
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, ...