Special issues: The roles of special issues in scholarly communication in a changing publishing landscape - Gleasner - 2025 - Learned Publishing - Wiley Online Library

"Special issues published open access face a particular challenge with establishing integrity and quality when not only the articles and research are published open access, but the entire journal is open. It can be challenging for both guest editors and authors to determine how or if special issues fit within the regularly published journal title. Some questions that may arise are whether or not the special issue has separate publishing fees or APCs than the regular journal and whether as well as expectations for the guest editor regarding these fees. It is extremely important that pricing and expectations are transparent as this contributes to the overall perception and trust in research published, especially that in special issues...."