Blogs selected for Week February 8 to February 14, 2021
1. Guest post — What should a conference cost? Author: Mark Carden In general, physical conferences in scholarly communications have been priced at anywhere from free to £900 per day, which represents a big range. For a non-subsidised well-curated event, a headline rate of around £400 per day (excluding various discounts on offer) seems to […]
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1. Guest post — Unethical practices in research and publishing: evidence from Russia Author: Anna Abalkina Thousands of Russian scholars were happy to receive good news in 2020: their articles were accepted for publication in international journals. However, such joy can hardly be sustained because many of the papers were, in fact, published in predatory […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week January 25 to January 31, 2021
1. Publishing philosophy open access without a particle collider Author: Bryan W. Roberts and David Teira Open Access often appears to be a monolithic concept, covering all fields of research and publication. However, in practice its application is to a large extent determined by the needs and resources available to different academic communities. In this […]
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