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Archives: megajournals

PeerJ Waives APCs and Pivots Again

Why would a for-profit, VC funded publisher celebrate by committing itself to a full year’s worth of additional expenses with no additional revenue?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Mar 9, 2018
  • 11 Comments

Badges? We Don’t Need No Stinking Preprint Badges!

By incorporating post-publication validation badges into preprints, bioRxiv begins to transform itself from a preprint server into a publishing platform.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Feb 14, 2018
  • 28 Comments

Not Every Publisher Can Support A Cascade Journal

Solving the transfer problem has created a widespread perception that rejecting a manuscript–especially after considerable time and resources have been devoted to its review–is downright wasteful. If it’s publishable, why not publish it?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jan 24, 2018
  • 9 Comments

Future of the OA Megajournal

Predicted to radically consolidate STM journals, the OA megajournal has found a successful niche market. The same can be said for MOOCs.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jan 10, 2018
  • 12 Comments

PLOS ONE Output Drops Again In 2016

Output in PLOS ONE dropped by 6000+ papers in 2016, calling into question the sustainability of PLOS’ business model.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jan 5, 2017
  • 4 Comments

Scientific Reports On Track To Become Largest Journal In The World

Higher Impact Factor, faster publication, and weaker data availability policies may be drawing authors away from PLOS ONE.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Aug 23, 2016
  • 28 Comments

The New(ish) Kids on the Block – Touring the Megajournals

A tour of four major “megajournals” and some of their neighbors finds a few common approaches and a few distinguishing features, but the entire category may need to be rethought given the lack of “mega” generally among the set.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Apr 5, 2016
  • 22 Comments

Deni Auclair Discusses Outsell’s Open Access Report

Rick Anderson interviews Deni Auclair, VP and Lead Analyst for Outsell Inc., about the recently published report “Open Access 2015: Market Size, Share, Forecast, and Trends.”

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jun 11, 2015
  • 11 Comments

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