“Fundamentally, research works best when it is free to share, access, and re-use. Strangely, despite this being so clear, this is for the most part not the case. The vast majority of scholarly research, often produced using public funds, is privatised by commercial companies, and out of the researchers’ control. This is not an effective […]
Today, Dean Lomax and I published a new study that attempts to provide an overview of the state of Open Access journals and publishing in the field of palaeontology. I don’t want to repeat what we found too much, so check this Twitter thread for a summary of the main discoveries. Please do get in […]
A recent investigation led by an international group of journalists raised concerns over the scale of the problem of deceptive publishing practices, with many researchers of standing and reputation found to have published in “predatory” journals. However, while the findings of this investigation garnered significant media attention, the robustness of the study itself was not […]
Is now published! And available in more formats here. Abstract Scholarly communication is in a perpetual state of disruption. Within this, peer review of research articles remains an essential part of the formal publication process, distinguishing it from virtually all other modes of communication. In the last several years, there has been an explosive wave […]
This is adapted from our recent paper in F1000 Research, entitled “A multi-disciplinary perspective on emergent and future innovations in peer review.” Due to its rather monstrous length, I’ll be posting chunks of the text here in sequence over the next few weeks to help disseminate it in more easily digestible bites. Enjoy! This section is […]
The term ‘article processing charge’, or APC, is ubiquitous in discussions about Open Access. It refers to the author-facing charge levied by many publishers in order to make an article freely available on their website. Now, putting aside the fact that this system actively discriminates against less-wealthy authors and institutes, I think that the term […]
Our mission at paleorXiv is to make the open sharing of paleontological research as simple as possible for researchers. We’ve published 65 articles already, and one of the most common pieces of feedback we get is how easy the process is, often only taking a few minutes. For the typical submission process, all you need […]
This is adapted from our recent paper in F1000 Research, entitled “A multi-disciplinary perspective on emergent and future innovations in peer review.” Due to its rather monstrous length, I’ll be posting chunks of the text here in sequence over the next few weeks to help disseminate it in more easily digestible bites. Enjoy! This section describes […]
Initial success It’s been almost 2 months since paleorXiv launched! Since then, 35 papers have been published on the platform. We maintain a database of them all here. We have also created a Code of Conduct and a Diversity Statement, developed with the help of the wider community. These are to help foster paleorXiv as a welcoming community […]
The Rise of Big Publishers in Development and What is at Stake A Development Perspective By: Denisse Albornoz, Research Associate at OCSDNet Earlier this year, I attended Publishers for Development (PfD), a conference that gathers librarians, researchers, development officers Source: The Rise of Big Publishers in Development and What is at Stake – The Knowledge G.A.P.