Impact of Social Sciences – Flipping journals to open: Rethinking publishing infrastructure in light of Lingua/Glossa case

peter.suber's bookmarks 2017-03-01

Summary:

"The resignation of the editorial board of an Elsevier-owned linguistics journal and its open access reorganization could get the ball rolling for other journals to follow suit. Benedikt Fecher and Gert Wagner argue this case is a reminder that open access means more than just providing access to an article; it means rethinking the whole process of publishing. Open access also raises important questions about who owns the critical information infrastructure for online publishing...."

Link:

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/12/03/seizing-the-moment-is-our-understanding-of-open-access-too-shortsighted/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » lkfitz's bookmarks
Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » peter.suber's bookmarks

Tags:

oa.conversions oa.gold oa.linguistics oa.case oa.case.journals oa.publishers oa.funders oa.quality oa.fees oa.business_models oa.predatory oa.publishing oa.funds oa.megajournals oa.infrastructure oa.journals oa.ssh

Date tagged:

03/01/2017, 13:13

Date published:

03/01/2017, 05:45