The Issues with Journal Issues: Let Journals Be Digital Libraries
Author : C. Sean Burns Science depends on a communication system, and today, that is largely provided by digital technologies such as the internet and web. Desp...
Étiquette : scientific communication
The APC-Barrier and its effect on stratification in open access publishing
Authors : Thomas Klebel, Tony Ross-Hellauer Current implementations of Open Access (OA) publishing frequently involve Article Publishing Charges (APCs). Increas...
Model(s) of the future? Overlay journals as an overlooked and emerging trend in scholarly communication
Authors : Gail M. Thornton, Emily Kroeker Overlay journals, a potentially overlooked model of scholarly communication, have seen a resurgence due to the increas...
Investigation of potential gender bias in the peer review system at Reproduction
Authors : Marie Biolková, Tom Moore, Karen Schindler, Karl Swann, Andy Vail, Lindsay Flook, Helen Dick, Greg Fitzharris, Christopher A. Price, Norah Spears This...
The Rise of GitHub in Scholarly Publications
Authors : Emily Escamilla, Martin Klein, Talya Cooper, Vicky Rampin, Michele C. Weigle, Michael L. Nelson The definition of scholarly content has expanded to in...
Scholarly publishing and peer review in the Global South: the role of the reviewer
Author : Peter Lor Peer review is an integral part of contemporary scholarly publishing, especially journal publishing. Work submitted by scholars from all part...
Global Trends in Knowledge Production and the Evolving Peer Review Process
Author : Steven Witt This essay thus seeks to provide further critique and clarity to the peer review process and the ways in which management of peer review is...