New Resource to Help Promote Academic-led Journal Publishing

peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-09-27

Summary:

"Have you heard the term “academic-led journal publishing” and are you wondering what it means? Or are you familiar with the growing movement of learned societies, libraries, and groups of scholars introducing alternatives to the corporate journal publishing model, and wondering how to get involved?

We’ve just launched a new public resource page titled “Welcome to the age of academic-led journal publishing“ to provide an overview of the academic-led publishing movement and resources for scholars and institutions looking to support or launch academic-led titles. The page overviews why academic-led publishing is the solution to lowering rising journal prices and how scholars and institutions are operating modern academic-led journals at a fraction of the cost of the traditional journal publishing model. The page is also full of links to resources you can use to operate or support academic-led journals....

Academic-led publishing is about learned societies, universities, and groups of scholars taking back control of research by using software and services to publish modern journals on their own. Academic-led journals like Glossa, which was launched by former editors of the Elsevier journal Lingua who decided to leave the corporate-run title due to rising access costs, are making waves in the journal publishing world. With affordable and easy-to-use technology the academic community is taking back the reins of research access...."

Link:

https://blog.scholasticahq.com/post/resource-promote-academic-led-journal-publishing/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.gold oa.business_models oa.societies oa.conversions oa.declarations_of_independence oa.journals oa.academic_led

Date tagged:

09/27/2018, 10:56

Date published:

09/27/2018, 06:56