Books and book chapters have a competitive disadvantage in citations, but it’s not accessibility that makes the difference — there are more reasons, and more changes needed.
PDA makes it necessary for a book publisher to continue to market a book long after it is published. A practical way to do this is to create superior metadata and distribute it directly to libraries for their catalogues.
What are the key issues for scholarly publishing today? Setting the agenda for productive discussion.
Even when a paper is retracted, free copies of articles still persist in institutional repositories and public websites. Authority for the accuracy of scientific record must keep pace with open access. Fortunately there is a solution.
For scholars to excel in the information age, technology needs to learn to learn. Perhaps highly specialized humans can help.
As more books are sold in electronic form, they will increasingly be marketed on a direct-to-consumer basis.