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Predators and Prey — The Plot Thickens

Strange comments emerge after a post about Beall’s list of “predatory” publishers appears, many of which attribute sentiments to people falsely.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • May 23, 2013
  • 27 Comments

High Noon — A Publisher Threatens to "Lunch" a Criminal Case Against Librarian Critic

Another publisher sues a librarian for opinions expressed on a blog. This time, the publisher is demanding $1 billion in damages and $10,000 for having to write the threatening letter in the first place.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • May 20, 2013
  • 62 Comments

As Hybrid Open Access Grows, the Scholarly Community Needs Article-level OA Metadata

With OA gaining momentum and hybrid and full OA policies becoming more common, article-level metadata and other standard approaches are necessary to facilitate discoverability.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • 28 Comments

Is PeerJ Membership Publishing Sustainable?

The details of PeerJ’s business model raise many questions, some of which may pertain to inherent Silicon Valley ways of doing business, others to efforts to create a community of required activity.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 14, 2012
  • 10 Comments

Content as Commodity — Price Elasticity and New Business Models

The commodity nature of the OA service seems to predict certain structural aspects, including lower prices and bigger journals.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Oct 26, 2011
  • 22 Comments

Rallying Cries vs. Reality: Profits and Publishing Meet Academics and Idealism

The comments on a recent post revealed a litany of rhetoric that doesn’t quite match up with nuanced reality.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 8, 2011
  • 42 Comments

College & Research Libraries Adopts Open Access

After years of debate, ACRL will finally “walk the talk.” But without a business model, they could get tripped up.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Mar 22, 2011
  • 13 Comments

SOAP Survey Requires Clean Interpretation of Data

Full of experimental biases and important omissions, what can be learned from the Study of Open Access Publishing (SOAP) survey of scientists?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Feb 2, 2011
  • 15 Comments

PLoS ONE: Is a High Impact Factor a Blessing or a Curse?

PLoS ONE’s relatively high impact factor may compromise its ability to support PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 21, 2010
  • 84 Comments

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