Add to ORKGAcademics generally recognise that the scholarly publishing business model is flawed, the impact factor does not point to quality, and open access is a good idea. And yet, academics continue to submit their work to the same for-profit journals. Philip Moriarty looks at what is keeping academics from practicing what they preach. Despite many efforts to counter the perception, journal ‘branding’ remains exceptionally important
Predatory open-access (OA) publishers—the ones that exploit the gold (author pays)publishing model f...
Academic publishing lives in challenging times. Besides the old cliché of “publish or perish”, coine...
Academic publishing is in an unstable period of transition. There is a growing degree of anger, espe...
I reply to an article by Murthee Maistry entitled “You f*uck one goat!” Counting the cost of predato...
It’s a common view amongst academics that publicly funded research has to be made publicly available...
With little money in science research, some believe that it is inappropriate for research councils t...
The concept of the ‘predatory’ publisher has today become a standard way of characterizing a new bre...
In the art world, the dealer’s brand often becomes a substitute for aesthetic judgement. Mark Carrig...
Concerned that his field is completely beholden to closed access publishers, Matthew Todd calls an e...
The article opens with a critical analysis of the dominant business model of for-profit, academic p...
Increasingly, academics have to demonstrate that their research has academic impact. Universities no...
I am writing this in China and, looking from my hotel room, I can barely see beyond the buildings on...
Not all commercial publishers are alike. Of the many epithets thrown at the commercial publishers of...
Stephen Casper and his father both published their respective academic text and novella in the same ...
Managing Editor Sierra Williams presents a round-up of popular stories from around the web on higher...
Predatory open-access (OA) publishers—the ones that exploit the gold (author pays)publishing model f...
Academic publishing lives in challenging times. Besides the old cliché of “publish or perish”, coine...
Academic publishing is in an unstable period of transition. There is a growing degree of anger, espe...
I reply to an article by Murthee Maistry entitled “You f*uck one goat!” Counting the cost of predato...
It’s a common view amongst academics that publicly funded research has to be made publicly available...
With little money in science research, some believe that it is inappropriate for research councils t...
The concept of the ‘predatory’ publisher has today become a standard way of characterizing a new bre...
In the art world, the dealer’s brand often becomes a substitute for aesthetic judgement. Mark Carrig...
Concerned that his field is completely beholden to closed access publishers, Matthew Todd calls an e...
The article opens with a critical analysis of the dominant business model of for-profit, academic p...
Increasingly, academics have to demonstrate that their research has academic impact. Universities no...
I am writing this in China and, looking from my hotel room, I can barely see beyond the buildings on...
Not all commercial publishers are alike. Of the many epithets thrown at the commercial publishers of...
Stephen Casper and his father both published their respective academic text and novella in the same ...
Managing Editor Sierra Williams presents a round-up of popular stories from around the web on higher...
Predatory open-access (OA) publishers—the ones that exploit the gold (author pays)publishing model f...
Academic publishing lives in challenging times. Besides the old cliché of “publish or perish”, coine...
Academic publishing is in an unstable period of transition. There is a growing degree of anger, espe...