Preprint citation practice in PLOS
Authors : Marc Bertin, Iana Atanassova The role of preprints in the scientific production and their part in citations have been growing over the past 10 years. ...
Étiquette : scientific communication
Presence of women on the editorial boards of the language and linguistics journals in Spain
Authors : Cristina Rodríguez-Faneca, Alexander Maz-Machado, David Gutiérrez-Rubio, Cristina Pedrosa-Jesús Many international studies have pointed out the under-...
Should open access lead to closed research? The trends towards paying to perform research
Authors : Lin Zhang, Yahui Wei, Ying Huang, Gunnar Sivertsen Open Access (OA) emerged as an important transition in scholarly publishing worldwide during the pa...
OA isn’t free, it costs folks like you and me. How open access ideology obscures labour inequity in academia
Author : John Bryans Despite the framing of open access (OA) as a progressive movement that challenges neoliberalism and champions the public good, academic lab...
Institutional repositories and copyright in Greek academic libraries
Authors : Konstantinos Kyprianos, Ekaterini Lygnou Institutional repositories were created to collect, preserve, and make available the academic institution&rsq...
Characteristics of ‘mega’ peer-reviewers
Authors : Danielle B. Rice, Ba’ Pham, Justin Presseau, Andrea C. Tricco, David Moher Background The demand for peer reviewers is often perceived as disproportio...
The need for accelerated change in diversity, equity and inclusion in publishing and learned societies
Author : Jonathan Roscoe Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority for many organizations and institutions, including learned societies. With...