scholarly journals A new model for scientific publications: A Managing Editor’s view

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 220-245
Author(s):  
Leire Kortabarria
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
New Model ◽  
Journal Publishing ◽  
Acceso Abierto ◽  
Mainstream Journal

In this essay, we will first set out the context in which Oñati Socio-Legal Series was created. We will then aim to offer a non-exhaustive view of what an open access journal is and what it implies for scholars and for publishers, and the, sometimes, stark differences in each one’s view. From here, we will move on to draw a succinct description of the implications of the mainstream journal publishing scheme, with a stress on the commercial and economic implications. We will then narrow the focus and zero in on the case of Oñati Socio-Legal Series. Drawing on the case of this journal, we will argue why it is possible to expand a 100% free Open Access journal model, with no charges whatsoever on the authors, and why it is necessary for the scientific community. En este artículo, primeramente dibujaremos el contexto en el que se creó Oñati Socio-Legal Series. A continuación, nos proponemos ofrecer una visión general de lo que constituye el acceso abierto y de sus implicaciones para académicos y editoriales, y las diferencias, a veces enormes, entre ambas perspectivas. Después, describiremos brevemente las implicaciones del escenario dominante en la publicación de revistas científicas, poniendo el acento en las implicaciones comerciales y económicas. Estrecharemos luego el ámbito y nos centraremos en el caso de Oñati Socio-Legal Series. Sirviéndonos del ejemplo de esa revista, argumentaremos por qué es posible expandir un modelo 100% de acceso abierto, sin imposición de cobros a los autores, y por qué un modelo así es necesario para la comunidad científica.

scholarly journals A new model for scientific publications: the case for 100% free Open Access journals and why they can succeed

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leire Kortabarria
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
International Law ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Sociology Of Law ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Mainstream Journal

This paper is a development of a presentation titled Story of a (Unique) Journal: ‘Oñati Socio-legal Series', given by Leire Kortabarria, Publications officer of the International Institute for the Sociology of Law and technical editor of Oñati Socio-legal Series, at the Linking Generations for Global Justice International Law and Society Congress, celebrated at the IISL, in Oñati (Spain), between 19 and 21 June 2019.In this essay, we will first set out the context in which Oñati Socio-legal Series was created. We will then aim to offer a non-exhaustive view of what an open access journal is and what it implies for scholars and for publishers, and the, sometimes, stark differences in each one’s view. From here, we will move on to draw a succinct description of the implications of the mainstream journal publishing scheme, with a stress on the commercial and economic implications. We will then narrow the focus and zero in on the case of Oñati Socio-legal Series. Drawing on the case of this journal, we will argue why it is possible to expand a 100% free Open Access journal model, with no charges whatsoever on the authors, and why it is necessary for the scientific community.

scholarly journals How to support journal transitions in HSS – A new model for Utrecht University Library

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inge Werner
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
New Model ◽  
Journal Publishing ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
University Library ◽  
Advisory Role

See video of the presentation.This paper presents a new model adopted by Igitur publishing, the Open Access journal publishing service of Utrecht University Library in the Netherlands. Using our experience as publisher of +20 OA journals over the last ten years, Igitur publishing will shift its focus to journal development and advising editorial boards and individual scholars on OA journal publishing. Igitur publishing intends to act as a mediator and incubator, forming a bridge between editorial boards, scholarly publishers, society publishers and the OA publishing market. For HSS, in particular, this new model turns out to be very beneficial.Journal developmentIn recent years, we noticed an increasing need for advice on OA publishing among scholars  from the faculties of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law: these are the disciplines that are currently making the transition. The incubator model limits the lifespan of a journal in company: after 6 years a journal should either be ready for self-publishing (a likely scenario for society journals) or for transfer to the commercial OA publisher’s market. We intend to develop a journal in three predetermined stages within these six years, which enables us to help journals in these particular areas prepare for the technical transition from paper-based processes to xml typesetting and to prepare for a new financially sustainable OA model. These processes are particularly alien and complicated for scholars working in these fields, who are caught in between a strong paper tradition and the wish for online visibility.                AdviceOur experience in OA publishing is also valuable for scholars involved with journals that are not hosted and published in-company. Obviously, the Library is also often approached with queries on OA book publishing. Igitur publishing has a publishing consultant, a marketing consultant and a consultant on operational and technical aspects of OA publishing, all of whom address the changing world of academic publishing from their own field of expertise. In subject-specific issues they are assisted by the Library’s faculty liaisons. As in the case of journal transitions, requests for advice predominantly come from HSS. Recent examples of this advisory role are:-a society publisher struggling between scholarly ambitions and funding coming from an amateur society;-negotiating the transfer to an new OA publisher for an editorial board that was pushed out off the portfolio by its current publisher;-acting on behalf of three journals in a meeting discussing the future of publishing on Dutch studies.In these three cases, Igitur publishing’s role can again be described as a mediator between the interests of scholars and publishers. For the fields of HSS and Law, whose publishing processes and objectives are not yet adapted to online and OA publishing, this negotiating role is much needed.  It allows scholars to focus on their core business, their research, while we worry about how best to disseminate their results in Open Access.

scholarly journals Neuroglia: A New Open-Access Journal Publishing All Aspects of Glial Research

Neuroglia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Butt ◽  
Delia Mihaila ◽  
Alexei Verkhratsky
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Journal Publishing

scholarly journals Reforming Science Publishing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaled Moustafa
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
The Past ◽  
Open Access Journals

Over the past few years, different changes have been introduced into the science publishing industry. However, important reforms are still required at both the content and form levels. First, the peer review process needs to be open, fair and transparent. Second, author-paid fees in open access journals need to either be removed or reconsidered toward more affordability. Third, the categorization of papers should include all types of scientific contributions that can be of higher interest to the scientific community than many mere quantitative and observable measures, or simply removed from publications. Forth, word counts and reference numbers in online open access journal should be nuanced or replaced by recommended ranges rather than to be a proxy of acceptance or rejection. Finally, all the coauthors of a manuscript should be considered corresponding authors and responsible for their mutual manuscript rather than only one or two.

Scientific Authorship and E-commons

2010 ◽  
pp. 193-205
Author(s):  
Luc Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Source Model ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Scientific Authorship ◽  
The Web

This contribution tries to assess how the Web is changing the ways in which scientific knowledge is produced, distributed and evaluated, in particular how it is transforming the conventional conception of scientific authorship. After having properly introduced the notions of copyright, public domain and (e-)commons, I will critically assess James Boyle's (2003, 2008) thesis that copyright and scientific (e-) commons are antagonistic, but I will mostly agree with the related claim by Stevan Harnad (2001a,b, 2008) that copyright has become an obstacle to the accessibility of scientific works. I will even go further and argue that Open Access schemes not only solve the problem of the availability of scientific literature, but may also help to tackle the uncontrolled multiplication of scientific publications, since these publishing schemes are based on free public licenses allowing for (acknowledged) re-use of texts. However, the scientific community does not seem to be prepared yet to move towards an Open Source model of authorship, probably due to concerns related to attributing credit and responsability for the expressed hypotheses and results. Some strategies and tools that may encourage a change of academic mentality in favour of a conception of scientific authorship modelled on the Open Source paradigm are discussed.

scholarly journals The Development of Open Access Journal Publishing from 1993 to 2009

PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. e20961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikael Laakso ◽  
Patrik Welling ◽  
Helena Bukvova ◽  
Linus Nyman ◽  
Bo-Christer Björk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Journal Publishing

scholarly journals On the Redundancy of Natural Products Public Databases and Where to Find Data in 2020 - A Review on Natural Products Databases

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Sorokina ◽  
Christoph Steinbeck
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Natural Compounds ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Rapid Multiplication ◽  
Zinc Database ◽  
Single Dataset ◽  
Supplementary Material

Natural products (NPs) have been the centre of attention of the scientific community in the last decencies and the interest around them continues to grow incessantly. As a consequence, in the last 20 years, there was a rapid multiplication of various databases and collections as generalistic or thematic resources for NP information. In this review, we establish a complete overview of these resources, and the numbers are overwhelming: over 120 different NP databases and collections were published and re-used since 2000. 98 of them are still somehow accessible and only 50 are open access. The latter include not only databases but also big collections of NPs published as supplementary material in scientific publications and collections that were backed up in the ZINC database for commercially-available compounds. Some databases, even published relatively recently are already not accessible anymore, which leads to a dramatic loss of data on NPs. The data sources are presented in this manuscript, together with the comparison of the content of open ones. With this review, we also compiled the open-access natural compounds in one single dataset a COlleCtion of Open NatUral producTs (COCONUT), which is available on Zenodo and contains structures and sparse annotations for over 400000 non-redundant NPs, which makes it the biggest open collection of NPs available to this date.

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