Palgrave Communications, the new high quality open access (OA) online-only, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary journal has published its first articles.
The papers, which are all free to access, span a wide range of disciplines including international studies, political science, theatre and performance studies, and operational research.
The first edition of the journal includes a commentary by Dr W. James Jacob, Institute for International Studies in Education, University of Pittsburgh, on interdisciplinary research trends in higher education. This is the first of several articles that will discuss interdisciplinary research, which is much needed to help tackle global challenges such as migration and water scarcity but can be difficult within the traditional culture of academia.
Palgrave Communications was launched after a global survey of academics in the humanities and social sciences, where 82 percent said that they would publish OA if the best or most appropriate journal were OA. 68 percent thought that their specific area of interest would benefit from journals that publish peer-reviewed OA. The journal offers immediate, free online dissemination of all published articles via a CC BY license1, and is committed to speedy peer review and publication.
Palgrave Communications is led by a large international, cross-disciplinary Editorial Board of leading researchers. The in-house Managing Editor, who oversees the editorial process, is Gino D'Oca.
Palgrave Communications is the first Palgrave Macmillan title to launch on a new publishing platform created by Palgrave Macmillan's sister company Nature Publishing Group. There are no restrictions on word limits: all articles that conform to the required editorial standards of the journal will be published regardless of length. The journal offers authors an enhanced digital publishing experience with industry-leading features such as article-level metrics, including data from Altmetric, and enhanced article layout and navigation.
