Journals

Tipster’s Note Offers View of Academic Publishing’s Achilles Heel
Communication
July 25, 2023

Tipster’s Note Offers View of Academic Publishing’s Achilles Heel

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Rethinking the Link Between Learned Societies and Academic Journals
Communication
January 19, 2023

Rethinking the Link Between Learned Societies and Academic Journals

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How Does Journal Standardization Impact Intellectual Creativity?
Insights
November 2, 2022

How Does Journal Standardization Impact Intellectual Creativity?

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Maybe You Can Judge a Journal by Its Cover: What Titles and Mission Statements Tell Us
Communication
April 18, 2022

Maybe You Can Judge a Journal by Its Cover: What Titles and Mission Statements Tell Us

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Should We Welcome “CRediT Check?”

Should We Welcome “CRediT Check?”

Getting named on a journal article is the ultimate prize for an aspiring academic. Not only do they get the paper on their CV (which can literally be money in the bank), but once named, all the subsequent citations accrue to each co-author equally, no matter what their contribution.

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Survey Asks Questions About Scholarly Journal Use

Survey Asks Questions About Scholarly Journal Use

In the latest iteration of a survey series she’s been running for four decades, Carol Tenopir aims to assess the value of access to scholarly journals by examining patterns of use and reading. Your input is sought.

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A Modicum of Common Sense Helps Interpret Open Access Publishing

A Modicum of Common Sense Helps Interpret Open Access Publishing

No one ever assumed that everything in print was trustworthy, says Virginia Barbour, and neither should that be the case for open access content. Content is what matters – whether delivered by open access, subscription publishing, or a printed document.

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Shine a Light on Academic Journals’ Dark Arts

Shine a Light on Academic Journals’ Dark Arts

When McDonald’s came under sustained criticism from campaigners in the 1980s, the company responded by constructing a carefully crafted image of corporate […]

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My Experiences Launching an Open Access Journal

My Experiences Launching an Open Access Journal

While preparing for a panel on the subject at APSA this week, political scientist Erik Voeten looks over the launch of the open access and peer-reviewed journal ‘Research & Politics’ and discusses the opportunities and challenges of this kind of publishing.

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We Must Resist the Pressure to Be Interesting

We Must Resist the Pressure to Be Interesting

Academic publishing creates incentives to simplify results, cull aberrations and focus on the exciting — often to the detriment of good research. Could more open access allows us to be good and boring?

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Seeking a Research Rating That Isn’t Impact Factor

Seeking a Research Rating That Isn’t Impact Factor

The signatories of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment continue to explore ways to dethrone the reigning monarch of research assessment, the impact factor.

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Why Do We Still Have Journals?

Why Do We Still Have Journals?

It’s time for a broader dialogue about how we connect the aims of the social science enterprise to our system of journals, argues the editor of Administrative Science Quarterly.

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