Phil Davis, Author at The Scholarly Kitchen

Nature's Foray Into Full Open Access Journals

When Nature goes head-to-head with PLoS, will non-profit society publishers take the hit?

It’s time to abandon the library-as-victim narrative and write a new story.

Should institutional open access repositories be run like journals?

A traffic phenomenon from a post about PLoS ONE may indicate that impact factors are more important to authors than PLoS believes.

A problem in recruiting competent peer-reviewers may be the fault of email spam blockers, not the unwillingness of academics to review.

Is the growth of open access journals a sign of market success or dysfunction? Two new studies analyze the data and come to opposite conclusions.

If submission fees result in a more sustainable business model, why are open access publishers opposed to the idea?

NIH-funded researchers append name to ghost-written textbook. Is it time for physicians to heal themselves?

Do the benefits of open peer-review outweigh the costs? A BMJ study argues “yes,” but there are caveats.

Is there demand for open access journals in the social sciences and humanities? Or does Sage see opportunities in unspent equity funds?

Essay mills are a thriving industry behind successful lazy and illiterate students.

EMBO opens up the black box of peer-review. Is it worth the cost?

Want to understand the medical authorship industry? Attend their conference!

A bone-rattling interview with someone who may haunt the medical literature.

Have the results of the open access book experiment already been written?