How to Start an Open-Access Journal | OpenQuaternary Discussions

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-09-05

Summary:

" ... Personally, I was inspired to develop the Digital Research Video Project, part of the Social Media Knowledge Exchange at the University of Cambridge.  The Digital Research Video Project published a series of animated shorts based on research by early career researchers under a CC-BY-NC-SA license, making the work open access and accessible. This in turn led to joining Twitter where I 'met' Victoria Herridge of the Natural History Museum, London, and reconnected with Matthew Law, of Bath Spa University.  We entered a discussion that quickly blossomed into an idea and a series of emails. About a year later, the three of us, all co-editors, signed a contract with Ubiquity Press and launched a call for papers for the new journal Open Quaternary ... Getting Open Quaternary started is still an ongoing process as we solicit submissions to our journal.  We hope to share our experiences and perspectives on current research on this blog, so I thought I would outline the process behind getting the journal started. Starting an Open Access Journal in Five (Easy) Steps ..."

Link:

http://openquaternary.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/how-to-start-an-open-access-journal/

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oa.new oa.comment oa.recommendations oa.gold oa.ubiquity oa.fees oa.publishers oa.business_models oa.journals

Date tagged:

09/05/2014, 12:15

Date published:

09/05/2014, 08:15