Guest Post – Of Special Issues and Journal Purges
Christos Petrou takes a look at the Guest Editor model for publishing and its recent impact on Hindawi and MDPI, as Clarivate has delisted some of their journals.
Guest Post — Open Access for Monographs is Here. But Are we Ready for It?
Reporting on a Mellon-funded open access monograph pilot, UNC Press Director John Sherer notes successes and remaining challenges.
The Ivies (Plus) Have Concerns about the Nelson OSTP Memo
Is the OA movement painting itself into a corner with concerns about new OA rules and regulations?
Guest Post — Open Access Beyond Scholarly Journals
Thilo Koerkel presents a new publication, aimed filling the gap between the popular science magazine Scientific American and the highly technical specialist language of research journals. How potentially useful is this approach?
Guest Post — Article Processing Charges are a Heavy Burden for Middle-Income Countries
The cost to publish OA is quickly becoming a new paywall in science, substituting the difficulty to read papers with the inability to showcase results in journals seen as reputable, due to the financial barrier of APCs.
Guest Post — In Tough Times the Key is to Think Differently
Alan Harvey from Stanford University Press discusses their evolving strategy in turbulent times.
China and Open Access
An interview with Mark Robertson about the CAST/STM report on open access and China.
Will Humanities and Social Sciences Publishing Consolidate?
Much of the scholarly publishing sector has already experienced a flight to scale. Today, Roger Schonfeld asks: Is a major consolidation among humanities and social sciences publishers coming next?
Digging into shift+OPEN: A Conversation with MIT Press
Rick Anderson interviews Nick Lindsay of MIT Press about the press’s new shift+OPEN program for subscription journals that want to go OA.
Revisiting: Interstitial Publishing
Looking back at a 2015 post on the idea of interstitial publishing, a new form of publishing that aims to take advantage of what previously was viewed as lost time in between primary events during the day.
Guest Post — “We are ready to move forward”: A Professional Society’s Route to Open Access
The President of the American Nuclear Society explains why the Nelson Memo may cause trepidation but bring opportunity.
Guest Post — Texas Library Coalition for United Action (TLCUA) and Elsevier Conclude Negotiations for Access to ScienceDirect Journals
Ginger Williams and Posie Aagaard offer a look at the Texas Library Coalition and its new deal with Elsevier.
Return of the Big Deal: Developments in Texas and India
New arrangements planned in Texas and India move us away from a universal transition to OA, and back towards the Big Deal.
Some Observations from Charleston (Open Access Edition):
Thoughts on open access (OA) from the perspectives of both the publisher and library communities at the Charleston Meeting.
Guest Post — Charleston 2022 — Finding Paths to Open Access Book Publishing
Erich van Rijn looks at the University of California’s Luminos open access books program and reviews lessons learned and what is needed for such programs to succeed.