Open Access Developments
French Academic and Research Institutions Refuse to Pay Climbing Journal Subscription Fees, Opt for De Facto Open Access
In France, circa 100 research organizations close ranks by putting their journal subscription negotiations with Springer in abeyance, while insisting on Open Access policies and retaining access to its journal titles, as no agreement between the publisher and these French scholarly institutions was reached. A […]
Open Access Publications Become Increasingly Important for Libraries and Publishers to Include into Databases
As partnerships between national libraries and global publishers, such as the British Library and Elsevier, on the one hand, and Unpaywall, on the other hand, indicate, the significant growth in the Open Access sector also makes it imperative for publishing and scholarly institutions to enter […]
The Conflict over Open Access between Elsevier and German Academic Institutions Shows the Importance of Journal Subscriptions
As an agreement on terms of access to paywall-protected journals between Germany’s educational and scientific organizations and the international publishing house Elsevier continues to elude the negotiating parties, a growing criticism from the side of scholarly publishers and university representatives indicates that journal subscriptions are […]
Publishing in Open Access
Open Science Resources
Benefits of Open Access for Authors
The validity of the Open Access model is constantly being debated when it comes to scientific publishing. Many researchers are still uncertain whether to publish in this model or not. What are then the benefits of publishing in Open Access? We should take a closer […]
Commercial Publishing is Taking Open Access Seriously
This morning I came across a paper by Laakso & Björk (2012) examining the volume of scientific articles published as OA journals from 2000 to 2011. One of the most interesting points they demonstrated was the internal shift in the structure of publisher types that are […]
Open Source “publishing-house-in-a-box” for monographs
The excellent Public Knowledge Project (PKP) recently released an open source piece of software that’s specifically geared towards publishing monographs: OMP is an open source software platform for managing the editorial workflow required to see monographs, edited volumes, and scholarly editions through internal and external review, […]
The British and Irish Ruling Class 1660-1945, Ellis Wasson, De Gruyter Open, 2017
This behind-the-scenes look into its underlying research, challenges encountered, empirical rationale and editorial processes provides an invaluable perspective on this recent book project. An Interview with Ellis Wasson. This two-volume publication by Ellis Wasson provides a unique trove of historical longitudinal data on British and […]