关于国际开放存取期刊出版模式的思考

在开放存取(OA)的期刊出版时代,学术期刊的出版、发行和运营会遇到哪些问题,近些年国外学术期刊的积极探索和实践已初步给出了一些提示。首先,学术期刊面临经费问题,尽管期刊可以有多种经费来源,但审稿和制作费用、邮寄费用、在线提交和审稿系统的费用等均需覆盖,采取何种OA模式以及何种运营策略,对打造高品质的学术期刊至关重要。其次,传统期刊的门槛和影响力也将受到一定冲击从而发生改变,把握OA出版模式对现有期刊、学术传播和科研等方面可能的冲击和影响,以及给新生期刊带来的机遇和空间,对打造有影响力的学术期刊非常关键。     

Interactive journal concept for improved scientific publishing and quality assurance

Many scientific publications are careless, useless or false, and inhibit scholarly communication and scientific progress. This is caused by the failure of traditional journal publishing and peer review to provide efficient scientific exchange and quality assurance in today's highly diverse world of science. The most promising way to improve matters is a two‐stage (or multi‐stage) publication processes with interactive peer review and public discussion in new and traditional scientific journals. A concept for such interactive scientific journals is outlined, and its applicability is demonstrated by the open access journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.     

学科信息深度挖掘研究助力新刊出版的探索

通过文献计量学与文本挖掘技术的研究,深入探索学科信息研究对期刊新创和全新改刊的科学价值,从主旨定位、热点发现、作者遴选、机构查找、地区判断、前沿跟踪、专题策划等方面进行分析,探讨信息深度挖掘研究助力新刊成长的方法和指导科学出版的重要意义。     

"核心期刊"对广电类科技期刊的影响

通过对核心期刊评价体系的介绍,指出其合理性和不足,并从广电类科技期刊的实际情况来分析核心期刊对其发展的影响.     

Scholarly journal publishing in New Zealand

Learned societies and other non‐profit organizations in New Zealand publish scholarly journals in a number of disciplines, many of them subjects in which New Zealand has a particular economic interest. Although most of the journals are small, a surprising number of them have paid, rather than voluntary academic, editors. Some have launched electronic versions, but only one has experimented with open access (OA). In a number of cases this lack of interest in OA is because the society cannot see a business model that would render the society as a whole economically viable. Some of the smallest journals, published only annually, may have the most assured future because their operation is entirely voluntary.     

Open access journal publishing in the Nordic countries

The number of open access (OA) journals and their share of all scholarly journals are usually estimated based on indexing in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). DOAJ's coverage of OA journals from different regions of the world is, however, far from complete, particularly of journals publishing in languages other than English. Using alternative data sources for identification and manual verification, 437 scholarly OA journals published in the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) were identified, and some key characteristics were studied. Of these, only 184 were indexed in DOAJ. A vast majority of the journals was published by scholarly societies or universities. Social sciences and humanities dominated as topics, and few journals charge authors. National or university‐specific OJS portals have played a major role in enabling OA publishing. Around a third of the Nordic scholarly journals are currently OA.     

The extent of concentration in journal publishing

This study examines the extent of concentration in the journal publishing industry. A number of aspects are considered: publishers, journal impacts, countries, and languages. For journals indexed in JCR from 1997 to 2009, just 0.2% of publishers produce 50% of journals and articles, and 0.3% of publishers account for the top 50% of citations, impact factors and immediacy indices. More than a half of publishers in JCR are from four countries: USA, UK, Germany and Japan. In addition, more than a half of journals come from the USA and UK. Examining the publishers' interactions in terms of buying and selling journals shows the extent of change by acquisition, and the acquisition links between publishers. The findings confirm that the international market of journal publishing is essentially dominated by a few publishers.     

Critical issues in the development of STM journal publishing

Access to generations of scientific literature has never been more widespread. The advent of electronic publishing has improved the spread and speed of access while at the same time reducing unit costs. The current ‘open access’ debate raises interesting questions about the future of publishing and archiving. The declining growth of author‐pays titles, however, suggests that innovations that are sustainable long term and do not threaten the quality and integrity of scholarship are likely to be within the framework of the established model.     

学术期刊出版的权力结构

学术期刊出版体制的市场化改革,需要进一步解放思想,实事求是,凝聚共识.解构学术期刊出版体制背后的权力结构因素,可以全面和深入地认识学术期刊出版体制存在的问题和改革的关键点.通过对学术期刊出版的行政权力结构、学术权力结构、经济权力结构、话语权力结构的解读,试图为学术期刊出版改革实践提供新的思路.     

The English language in scientific publishing

Adapting to market changes after World War II, the German scientific publishing house Springer-Verlag decided to publish in the English language long before setting up offices in the United States. This material was adapted from Springer-Verlag: History of a Scientific Publishing House, Volume 2, 1945–1992, and appears with the permission of the publishers.     

Successful journal publishing on the Internet: hit or myth?

If publishers of learned journals are going to make a success of their web publishing, they should not forget all the skills they have developed in publishing in print. This paper reviews the application of familiar journal publishing skills in the context of electronic journals or electronic editions of printed journals, and pinpoints areas where these skills apply in web publishing and where new skills are necessary.     

Understanding the peer review endeavor in scientific publishing

Peer review plays an essential role in the scholarly publishing life cycle. Using the verified peer review records of reviewers who use the Publons, we employed review length as a potential indicator of the effort researchers spend on peer review. We then examined the associations between various factors and review length. Special focus was placed on estimating the relationships between non-academic (economic and sociological aspects) factors and review length. Our results show that gender, country-level cultural backgrounds, and country-level economic backgrounds were significantly associated with review length. In addition, there are significant associations of disciplines (humanities & social sciences or hard sciences), English proficiency, publications, and verified reviews with review length.