Problems and Controversies in Scholarly Communication

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
The Past ◽  
Price Increases

What is the “serials crisis”? For the past several decades, librarians and other observers and participants in the scholarly communication ecosystem have been expressing alarm over the degree to which annual price increases for scholarly journals—especially those in the STM disciplines—tend to outstrip library budget...

scholarly journals Reason, Risk, and Reward: Models for Libraries and Other Stakeholders in an Evolving Scholarly Publishing Ecosystem

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Mangiafico ◽  
Kevin L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Changing Practices

Scholarly publishing, and scholarly communication more generally, are based on patterns established over many decades and even centuries. Some of these patterns are clearly valuable and intimately related to core values of the academy, but others were based on the exigencies of the past, and new opportunities have brought into question whether it makes sense to persist in supporting old models. New technologies and new publishing models raise the question of how we should fund and operate scholarly publishing and scholarly communication in the future, moving away from a scarcity model based on the exchange of physical goods that restricts access to scholarly literature unless a market-based exchange takes place. This essay describes emerging models that attempt to shift scholarly communication to a more open-access and mission-based approach and that try to retain control of scholarship by academics and the institutions and scholarly societies that support them. It explores changing practices for funding scholarly journals and changing services provided by academic libraries, changes instituted with the end goal of providing more access to more readers, stimulating new scholarship, and removing inefficiencies from a system ready for change.

scholarly journals Are There Any Housing Bubbles in Turkey?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özge Korkmaz ◽  
Ebru Çağlayan Akay ◽  
Hoşeng Bülbül
Keyword(s):  
Housing Market ◽  
House Prices ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Housing Price ◽  
Economic Fundamentals ◽  
The Past ◽  
Price Increases ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Housing Bubbles ◽  
Turkish Lira

It is very important that the housing market, which meets the most basic need of people is needed for shelter from the past to the present, has a stable structure. The instability structure of the housing market is generally associated with the presence of housing bubbles. The deviation of housing prices from their basic value and not being able to be explained by economic fundamentals leads to the formation of housing bubbles. Housing bubbles can lead to permanent losses, as it may take a long time to return to normal prices. For Turkey as a developing country, it is important to identify an unstable structure in house prices discuss the basic economic factors related to this. After the global increases in housing prices, inflation, and depreciation in the Turkish lira, Turkey has become the country with the highest housing price increases globally in 2020. In the study, the presence of bubbles in the housing market for Ankara, Izmir, Istanbul, and Turkey in general, was investigated by SADF and GSADF unit root tests for the period 2010:01-2021:02. In this context, the study examines the presence of bubbles in housing prices for Ankara, Izmir, Istanbul, and Turkey in general, which are the three cities with the highest price increases. As a result of the study, the presence of bubbles in the housing market has been determined for Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, and Turkey in general.

Emerging Research and Trends

2021 ◽  
pp. 367-399
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Business Partnerships ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
The Past ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter serves as a review of the emerging research related to academy-business partnerships by examining dissertations, masters theses, and some reports in the past few decades. Given that most research from dissertations is not published in scholarly journals nor books, this review provides insight into the exploration of relevant topics. An attempt has been made to cluster prior work into related groupings so that a portrait of existing research can emerge. The sparse studies included in this review yielded thin clusters of research on model development, fiscal adaptations, and idiosyncratic case studies. The largest grouping of somewhat fragmented research is clustered around examinations of individuals within the partnerships and partnership-making; this latter grouping explores the various actors from the business or academy sides of such partnerships. A summary of a NACRO survey is also included to provide research-based perspectives of actual academy-business partnerships.

Journals

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Journal Publication ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Price Increases ◽  
Learned Societies ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Positive Cash Flow

Oxford University Press, although it had for many years published a select collection of scholarly journals, did not seriously enter the journals market until the 1980s, for intense competition, unfamiliar editorial and production practices, and complicated distribution methods had impeded growth. From the 1960s developments in scientific research and reporting led to an expanded journals market in the sciences; by publishing journals OUP could fulfil the requirement of the Waldock Report to increase its science publication. Journal publication also offered a different business model with positive cash flow and opportunities to develop ties with academic faculties and learned societies. By 2004 the journals market was the fastest growing sector of the publishing industry, benefiting from internet distribution, price increases, and the increasing demand that academics publish regularly. The chapter considers the growth of the OUP journals list, the profitability of its titles, and the range of academic subjects covered.

scholarly journals Topic-centered Scientific Collaborations of Scholarly Journals in Information Science: A Pilot Study of Implementation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwan Yi
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Collaboration Networks ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
The Past ◽  
Extended Work ◽  
Scientific Collaborations

This proposal is the extended work in implementation of a framework of topic-centered collaboration network. A goal of this study is to investigate the question of: In which topics and in what extent researchers collaborate with others? Topic-centered collaboration networks for two scholarly journals in the field of information science are constructed using bibliographic datasets for the past five years. This proposal contributes to the areas of both collaboration social network and big metadata.

scholarly journals The university press: trends, initiatives and collaborations over the past several years

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clayton Hayes ◽  
Robert P. Holley
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Resource Scarcity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fiscal Constraints ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
The University ◽  
Scholarly Communication System

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine recent trends that have affected university presses (UPs). The increased reliance on digital resources and fiscal constraints within higher education has forced UPs to re-evaluate their position with the scholarly communication system. Responses include an increased focus on partnerships, new forms of publication, changing business models and better meeting customers’ needs. Design/methodology/approach – The authors have reviewed publications on UPs from the past five years and added their viewpoints on current and future trends. Findings – UPs must adapt to resource scarcity and current trends in scholarly communication to remain viable. Practical implications – Both UPs and academic libraries may gain insights on how to meet the needs of researchers and scholars within a changing environment. Originality/value – This paper summarizes and evaluates a broad spectrum of research on UPs.

scholarly journals Closing the divide: Subject librarians and scholarly communication librarians can work together to reach common goals

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (10) ◽  
pp. 552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl A. Middleton
Keyword(s):  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
The Past ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Policies And Practices

As ACRL President, I am very interested in the changes that our members and the profession are experiencing and in making connections to our goals in the ACRL Plan for Excellence.1 Our plan enables ACRL to invest member resources in shaping policies and practices that enable us to meet the needs of our users and our institutions as they change over time. Over the past year, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about scholarly communication and the role of academic librarians, particularly subject or liaison librarians.

scholarly journals Nitrogen Fertilizer Sources: What Does The Future Hold for Citrus Producers?

EDIS ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Obreza ◽  
Larry Parsons ◽  
Kelly Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fertilizer ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
N Fertilizer ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Original Publication ◽  
The Past ◽  
Price Increases ◽  
The Future ◽  
Florida Citrus ◽  
Soil And Water

Florida citrus growers are well aware that nitrogen (N) is the single most important nutrient applied as a fertilizer to assure maximum yield and fruit quality. Most growers are probably also aware of the substantial N fertilizer price increases that have occurred during the past year (Table 1). Ammonium nitrate, the workhorse N fertilizer used by citrus growers for decades, has had the greatest leap in cost. Typical questions on the minds of growers these days are: why has this happened, will it continue, and will economics force a change in the type of N fertilizer we use?  This document is SL-238, one of a series of the Department of Soil and Water Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2006.  SL238/SS457: Nitrogen Fertilizer Sources: What does the future hold for citrus producers? (ufl.edu)

scholarly journals Reward, reproducibility and recognition in research – the case for going Open

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Kingsley
Keyword(s):  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Research Process ◽  
High Impact ◽  
High Impact Journal ◽  
Real Solutions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Open Research ◽  
Cherry Picking ◽  
Academic Record ◽  
Journal Impact

Watch the VIDEO of the presentation.The advent of the internet has meant that scholarly communication has changed immeasurably over the past two decades but in some ways it has hardly changed at all. The coin in the realm of any research remains the publication of novel results in a high impact journal – despite known issues with the Journal Impact Factor. This elusive goal has led to many problems in the research process: from hyperauthorship to high levels of retractions, reproducibility problems and 'cherry picking' of results. The veracity of the academic record is increasingly being brought into question. An additional problem is this static reward systems binds us to the current publishing regime, preventing any real progress in terms of widespread open access or even adoption of novel publishing opportunities. But there is a possible solution. Increased calls to open research up and provide a greater level of transparency have started to yield practical real solutions. This talk will cover the problems we currently face and describe some of the innovations that might offer a way forward.

scholarly journals PRAGMATISM IN HILL PASTURE RENOVATION

1989 ◽  
pp. 151-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.A.G. Frengley ◽  
C.J. Andersen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Management Skill ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
The Past ◽  
Price Increases ◽  
Stocking Rates ◽  
Reduced Time

Hill pasture renovation methods have been restricted in the past to surface oversowing of unaltered, trampled or burnt pastures. Unfortunately the old pasture recovers and may compete vigorously with the establishing new species, slowing pasture improvement. The availability of suitable herbicides has opened up a new opportunity for hill pasture development. Herbicide applied before oversowing can minimise the competition and allow the new species to establish more easily. The benefits include reduced time to attain optimal stocking rates and improved establishment control, but these are offset by higher initial costs. The technical aspects of the herbicide establishment methods are overshadowed by the economic factors which control the profitability of the programme, however successfully applied. As the cash flow patterns differ between the tradrtional renovation and the herbicrdebased techniques, changes in interest rates and prices have differential effects. Real interest rates below 7% make both methods profitable but are more favourable to the herbicide technique at 1987 prices, Also, price increases favour the herbicide method. Among other issues affecting the speed and profitability of development and ultimate gain, management skull is found to be crucial and dominates both establishment methods. Keywords: hill pastures, renovation, herbicides, interest rates, management skill, profitability

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