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Open Peer Review: An Innovation In Scientific Publishing, Peiling Wang, Manasa Rath, Michael Deike, Wu Qiang
Open Peer Review: An Innovation In Scientific Publishing, Peiling Wang, Manasa Rath, Michael Deike, Wu Qiang
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
This research observes the emerging open peer review journals. In scientific publishing, transparency in peer review is a growing topic of interest for online journals. The traditional blind refereeing process has been criticized for lacking transparency. Although the idea of open peer review (OPR) has been explored since 1980s, it is only in this decade that OPR journals are born. Towards a more open publishing model, the peer review process--once accessible only to the editors and referees—is now available to public. The published article and its review history are being integrated into one entity; readers can submit or post comments …
Beyond Downloads: Digital Usage Of Scholarly Articles Survey Instrument, Carol Tenopir, Suzie Allard, Lisa Christian
Beyond Downloads: Digital Usage Of Scholarly Articles Survey Instrument, Carol Tenopir, Suzie Allard, Lisa Christian
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
An international survey of academics and scholars from 69 countries (n=1000) asked respondents a series of questions based on their download, saving, and sharing of scholarly articles.
Moving Toward Electronic Journals, Carol Tenopir
Moving Toward Electronic Journals, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
PRINT STILL PREDOMINATES in journal publishing, but that role may soon fade. Too slowly or too quickly, steadily or in fits and starts (depending on your perspective and patience level), scholarly journals are moving toward reliance on digital forms. This is happening in part because librarians, scholars, and even some publishers are unhappy about the current state of print journals.