The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that publishers, researchers and librarians met earlier this week under its scholarly communications roundtable. They debated the global and UK position for scholarly communications, including the transition from traditional journal publishing models to open access (OA) for academic research. JISC hosted the roundtable discussion which saw experts gather to share their views on the benefits and international challenges facing higher education in making academic research more widely available, for example through OA routes.
The debate is stated to have made it clear that approaching online publishing models for research with a one-size-fits-all approach would be dangerous, and care needs to be taken to ensure the models suit the research disciplines. The debate looked at the possible paths to transition - from the traditional journal model through to gold OA as well as talking through whether a hybrid model was also the way to go. There was agreement that peer review must remain a cornerstone of scientific publication, to ensure author's reputations and the credibility of the research. It also contributes to the prestige of some journal titles, which are likely to remain as important brands within scientific publication.
The debate concluded that there was a strong agreement across the delegates to work together to address these challenges to benefit research and corporate UK.
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