Meeting report: summary of day 1 of the 2018 European ISMPP Meeting
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The future of open access: ideas for change
Existing open access (OA) models allow published research to be made readily available to all, with authors either covering the cost of publication in a journal (Gold OA) or self-archiving … Continue Reading The future of open access: ideas for change
The growth of hybrid open access publishing
The past few years have seen a marked rise in both the number of journals offering hybrid open access and the number of open access articles being published. This phenomenon … Continue Reading The growth of hybrid open access publishing
A guide to developments in scientific publishing
A recent blog and editorial by Professor Jens Nielsen (Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Yeast Research) discuss several pressing issues in scientific publishing, including predatory journals, the usefulness of journal impact factors … Continue Reading A guide to developments in scientific publishing
The ‘open access effect’: freely available academic books
The benefits of publishing research open access are numerous and well-known. Allowing a paper to be available to all can increase citation rates and drive public engagement. But is the … Continue Reading The ‘open access effect’: freely available academic books
Infrastructure development is required to realise the full potential of Open Access
Following the tenth anniversary of Open Access Week, the Director of the Australasian Open Access Strategy Group, Virginia Barbour, has written about the evolution of open access and the obstacles … Continue Reading Infrastructure development is required to realise the full potential of Open Access
Highlights of the 10th annual International Open Access Week
Last week (23–29 October) saw researchers, scientists and publication professionals from across the globe take part in the 10th annual International Open Access Week, with discussions taking place online (#openaccessweek) … Continue Reading Highlights of the 10th annual International Open Access Week
Open source publishing for all, or for investment?
Open access and open source are cited as increasingly important alternatives to the traditional subscription models of academic publishing. While they represent very different approaches, both have the potential to … Continue Reading Open source publishing for all, or for investment?
Will the medical community embrace a preprint server?
At the recent Eighth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication, Harlan Krumholz a cardiologist from Yale, outlined MedArXiv, a forthcoming preprint server for the medicine and health sciences. … Continue Reading Will the medical community embrace a preprint server?
Open access more popular in principle than in practice
In a recent survey of UK researchers, 93% of respondents said that they considered open access to be important, but only 41% had published an open access article themselves. Researchers … Continue Reading Open access more popular in principle than in practice
[FREE WEBINAR]: publication models and open access
Want to know more about open access publishing models and other innovations in medical publishing? Join Liz Hoffman (Journal Development Manager for the health services research journals at BioMed … Continue Reading [FREE WEBINAR]: publication models and open access
[FREE WEBINAR]: Optimise Medical Publishing and Avoid “Predatory Journals”
Join ICON plc at this webinar, featuring Jeffrey Beall, to learn tips and tools to enhance your medical publication efforts and to help avoid so-called “predatory journals”. The webinar will discuss the … Continue Reading [FREE WEBINAR]: Optimise Medical Publishing and Avoid “Predatory Journals”
Helping Open Access pick up the pace
The Open Access movement is on an upwards trajectory, with more and more research being made freely available each year. And yet the pace of change has been slower than … Continue Reading Helping Open Access pick up the pace
Jeffrey Beall and the disappearing blacklists of predatory journals/publishers
The American librarian and blogger Jeffrey Beall, perhaps best known for his lists of “potential, possible or probable” predatory open-access publishers and journals, has been praised by many for shining … Continue Reading Jeffrey Beall and the disappearing blacklists of predatory journals/publishers
Study establishes bibliometric profiles of leading open-access mega-journals
Since 2006 and the launch of PLOS ONE, the number of open-access mega-journals (OAMJs) has been steadily increasing. In a recent article, Simon Wakeling and colleagues present a bibliometric analysis … Continue Reading Study establishes bibliometric profiles of leading open-access mega-journals
Wellcome Open Research publishes its first articles
Last week saw the first articles go live on Wellcome Open Research. The platform, funded by Wellcome and run by F1000, follows the publishing model of F1000Research, that is immediate … Continue Reading Wellcome Open Research publishes its first articles