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More Transparency is Needed When Citing h-Indexes, Journal Impact Factors and CiteScores Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Graham Kendall
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Books and Boots: Bulgarian Early Modern Publishing Between the Austrian and Ottoman Empires Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Vasil Zagorov
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The Survival of Medieval Manuscript Culture in the Early Modern Age: The Other Side of a Universal Paradigm Shift Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-02-23
Abstract Undoubtedly, the invention of the printing press by Gutenberg brought about a profound paradigm shift, transforming both the late medieval book markets and the general reading culture. However, as with many paradigm shifts, we need to differentiate in this regard more than scholarship has acknowledged so far. First, many medieval narrative motives, topics and themes continued to be rather
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Exploring Epistemic Injustice: A Bibliometric Analysis of Academic Production and Its Evolution Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Katherine Báez-Vizcaíno
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Diversity and the Australian Publishing Industry: Findings from a National Workforce Survey Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Beth Driscoll, Susannah Bowen
This article reports on the Australian Publishing Industry Workforce Survey on Diversity and Inclusion, conducted in 2022 and co-funded by the University of Melbourne and the Australian Publishers’ Association. Through comparison with similar surveys from the UK and the US and Australian population data, we show that, as in those nations, the Australian publishing industry workforce is disproportionately
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Use of the Internet Archive to Preserve the Constituency of Journal Editorial Boards Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Maryna Nazarovets, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva
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Scholarly Journal Publishers in a Small-Language Country: The Case of Lithuania Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Arūnas Gudinavičius, Vincas Grigas, Andrius Šuminas, Tomas Petreikis
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Testing the Robustness of COPE’s Characterization of Predatory Publishing on a COPE Member Publisher (Academic and Business Research Institute) Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Salim Moussa, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) is a leading ethics-promoting organization associated with academic publishing. COPE continuously fortifies its ethics guidelines, also serving as a warning portal of “predatory” publishing behavior. A 2019 COPE discussion document on “predatory publishing” lists 16 warning signs of predatory publishers/journals. Grounded in legitimacy theory, this study examines
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Publishing Queer Literature: A Comparison Between the Adult and Young Adult Markets from the Cold War to Present Day Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Katie Schwab
Queer people have always been here; for as long as we have existed, so has the awareness of our obvious otherness, as well as the desperate need to understand and reconcile our whats, hows, and whys. Literature has persevered as an outlet for LGBTQ+ exploration, increasingly so as the publishing industry responds to a more accepting society of queer people, writers, and stories. This paper will explore
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Persuasion and Engagement in the Spanish Bookfluencers' Content Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Marta Magadán-Díaz, Jesús I. Rivas-García
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(Mis-)Classification of 17,721 Journals by an Artificial Intelligence Predatory Journal Detector Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Graham Kendall
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Acknowledgments in Scientific Papers Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Panagiotis Tsigaris, Quan-Hoang Vuong
Acknowledgements are usually a minor part of scientific papers, but they serve a very important function. This section of the manuscript is normally reserved to thank those who offered assistance, but not enough to merit authorship, funders, or any other people or organizations or artificial intelligent tools that may have in any way been directly associated either with the research reported in that
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The Rise of Fairytale Retellings in Publishing Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Melanie Goldman
Fairytales have been told for as long as people have been telling stories. What started as folk tales passed on to each generation, became stories that are often associated with royalty, magic and far away lands. Popularized by the Grimm Brothers starting in 1812, and again by the Walt Disney Company and their animated films, fairytales are a staple in all media. With their simple narratives and stories
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Navigating the Cultural Landscape Through Publishing Brands: A Theoretical, Gendered Perspective Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Miriam J. Johnson
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How Netflix Changed the World of Book Adaptation Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Harper Bullard
This paper examines the role streaming networks played in transforming the world of book-to-film adaptation. In 2013, Netflix debuted the first ever television show commissioned by a streaming service, House of Cards: a story inspired by Michel Dobb’s 1989 novel. From then on streaming services became a go-to source for backlist books looking for a second life and another chance at the bestsellers
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Reviewing Peer Review: A Flawed System: With Immense Potential Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Mark Lauria
Peer review is a systematic approach to assessing research. Although it is widely employed at academic institutions and generally held in high regard by the scientific community, many components of the system are poorly understood. The potential benefits to research are uncertain, which has prompted critics to question the veracity of the process, propose alternatives, and even consider abolishing
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Revisiting Methodology for Identifying Open Access Advantages Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Sumiko Asai
Although many empirical studies have investigated whether open access increases citations, researchers have not reached a consensus regarding the issue. This study revisited the methodology for identifying the effects of open access and revealed the causes for contradictory conclusions using four indices for journals that transitioned from subscription to open access. The four indices are two citation
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Diversifying the Industry, The Urban Concentration of the Canadian English Language Publishing Industry Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-02-23 José Antonio Martínez Díez Barroso
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Persuasion and Engagement in the Spanish Bookfluencers Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-02-24 Marta Magadán-Díaz, Jesús I. Rivas-García
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Talking About Audio: Analysing Book Industry Trade Talk on Audiobooks and Streaming in Sweden and Norway Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Terje Colbjørnsen, Kim Tallerås, Ann Steiner
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The Future of the Monograph in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: Publisher Perspectives on a Transitioning Format Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Philip Shaw, Angus Phillips, Maria Bajo Gutiérrez
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The International Publishers Association Freedom to Publish Committee—Challenges and Accomplishments Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Kristenn Einarsson, James Taylor, Nicolina Mendoza-Sepulveda, Maya Salama
Established in 1886, the International Publishers Association (IPA) is the world’s largest federation of national, regional, and specialist publishers’ associations. The IPA created the Freedom to Publish Committee (FtPC) to protect and promote the freedom to publish, without which unfettered publishing could not take place. This article details the work of the FtPC, its achievements and the challenges
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Understanding Audiobook Apps’ Consumption Values and Their Implications for Promoting Audiobooks in Vietnam Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-12-20 Hoang Viet Nguyen, Thu Trang Phan, Hoang Nguyen, Viet Thao Tran, Ninh Nguyen
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Room for Improvement: Picture Books Featuring BIPOC Characters, 2015–2020 Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-12-14 Lisely Laboy, Rachael Elrod, Krista Aronson, Brittany Kester
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Towards “Born-Accessible” Educational Publishing Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-11-07 Agata Mrva-Montoya
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The History of Lesbian Literature: An Exploration on the Evolution of the Genre Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Mariana Dias da Costa
This paper aims to examine the development of lesbian literature through a discussion of its history. From ancient Greek poetry, where we learn about the namesake of the term’s lesbian and sapphic, to the first half of the 1900s discussing the various authors that fought against censorship, continuing through to the 1950s to explore the genre that launched lesbian fiction into popularity, and finally
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The Use of Fi-Index Tool to Assess Per-manuscript Self-citations Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-10-07 Luca Fiorillo, Marco Cicciù
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The Publishing and Distribution System of Japanese Manga and Doujinshi Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-09-23 Hadi Akbar Dahlan
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Drawing Inspiration from the World of Fine Art in the Battle Against Predatory Publishing Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-09-22 Graham Kendall
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The Role of Publons in the Context of Open Peer Review Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-09-19 Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Serhii Nazarovets
Publons was a peer reviewer rewards platform that aimed to recognize the contribution that academics made during peer review to a journal. For about 10 years of its existence, Publons became the most popular service among peer reviewers. Having gained traction and popularity, Publons was purchased in 2017 by Clarivate Analytics (now Clarivate), and many academics, journals and publishers invested time
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The Masturbation Article Affair: Japanese Manga, Scholarly Publishing, and the Twenty-First Century Politics of Censorship Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-09-14 Casey Brienza
In April 2022, a first-year PhD student published his first peer-reviewed article in the journal Qualitative Research. Less than four months later, amid viral public outrage, that article, Karl Andersson’s “I am not alone – we are all alone: Using masturbation as an ethnographic method in research on shota subculture in Japan,” was removed from publication and formally retracted by the Journal Editors
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Platformization and Publishing: Changes in Literary Publishing Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-09-09 Kari Spjeldnæs
This article explores the influence of platformization on literary publishing, focusing on the impact of audiobooks and streaming services on editorial processes and business objectives. Increased importance of some genres, sliding concepts of quality, increasing dependency on social media, diminishing economic margins, and stricter editorial decisions are transitioning traits highlighted in this study
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Publishing Industry: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Production Indexed in Scopus Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-08-25 Marta Magadán-Díaz, Jesús I. Rivas-García
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The Continuation of the Middle Ages in the Early Modern Print Period. With an Emphasis on Melusine and Till Eulenspiegel Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Albrecht Classen
It is highly fashionable today to project either a very negative or a very positive image of the Middle Ages. The invention of the printing press has hence often been associated with a radical change in literature, religion, politics, and generally the public media. Indeed, we can observe an imminent paradigm shift, ultimately leading, above all, to the Protestant Reformation, which would not have
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Combatting Internalized Racism: The Effects of the Lack of Latine Diversity in Children’s Books Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-08-17 Andrea Martinez
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Inclusive Access and OER are Increasing Affordability of Textbooks in Higher Education Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-08-12 Christina Leonard
Textbook prices have been steadily increasing in recent years, leaving textbook publishers and higher education institutions to navigate lost sales and decreased student preparedness. These prices have also affected students in majority of institutions, leaving them to carry the burden of finding the funds to pay hundreds of dollars for their course required materials. Multiple universities and colleges
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Books Versus Screens: A Study of Australian Children’s Media Use During the COVID Pandemic Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Sybil Nolan, Katherine Day, Wonsun Shin, Wilfred Yang Wang
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The Impact of the Inclusive Access Antitrust Lawsuit on US College Bookstores, Book Publishers, and Educational Publishers Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Alexandra Thomas, Emily Dunbar, Robert M. Wharton, Albert N. Greco
On July 1, 2016, the US Department of Education’s “Rule 164” went into effect. This rule stipulated that: colleges “may include the costs of books and supplies as part of tuition and fees;” the books or supplies must be “below competitive market rates…” And a student may opt out of the program. This procedure became known as Inclusive Access (IA). The legality of IA was challenged in a series of 9
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Would You Review Seven Papers a Day, Every Day, For a Year? Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Graham Kendall
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Study of the Causes and Consequences of Cloned Journal Publications Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-07-20 E. B. Khedkar, Atul Kumar, Arun Ingle, Rupali Khaire, Jaiprakash M. Paliwal, Dhananjay Bagul, Satish Warpade, B. M. Londhe, Vinod Malkar, S. P. Huddedar, N. D. Jambhekar, S. S. Raibagkar
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Conduct and Correctness in Mathematical Publishing Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-07-20 Alexander Stoimenow
Little publicity is given in mathematics to journal organization and maintaining correctness of the literature. However, worrisome policies of editorial handling and peer review are exercised in mathematical academia. They originate both from modern trends (like automatization) and from a traditionally and widely spread complacent and idle attitude in academic circuits. This article displays such policies
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Primary Educational Publishers in Australia Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Grace Reid, Agata Mrva-Montoya
Based on interviews with 10 professionals from primary educational publishers and educational technology companies based in Australia, this article examines the challenges and impact of COVID-19 on publishing operations and outputs, and the future of the sector. The publishers had to deliver digital materials quickly, effectively and often for free to assist educators with the transition to remote
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#Ownvoices, Disruptive Platforms, and Reader Reception in Young Adult Publishing Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-07-14 Leonie Rutherford, Katya Johanson, Bronwyn Reddan
The concept of #ownvoices writing has gained traction in contemporary publishing as both a genre of reader interest and a focus for debates about authors’ rights to write cross-culturally. This paper examines tensions the #ownvoices movement reveals between the commissioning, publishing, and critical reception of a book, using debate about Craig Silvey’s Honeybee, an Australian novel focalized through
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A Scientific Analysis of the Three-Step Test: Through the Lenses of International and Australian Laws Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-07-05 Nikos Koutras
The paper examines the open access movement and its principles concerning creative outputs and related access opportunities, considering copyright protection. The international and ongoing integration of open access practise has brought about a reconsideration of foundational principles of copyright law. The paper's discussion considers the three-step test legal edifice, which is deeply rooted in international
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Two Decades of E-Book Publishing in a Small Language Market: Publishers Lag Behind Pirates Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-06-15 Arūnas Gudinavičius, Vincas Grigas
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Higher Quantity, Higher Quality? Current Publication Trends of the Most Productive Journal Authors on the Field of Communication Studies Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Márton Demeter, Veronika Pelle, Gábor Mikulás, Manuel Goyanes
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Fi-Index: A New Method to Evaluate Authors Hirsch-Index Reliability Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-06-10 Luca Fiorillo
Bibliometric is a field of study applied to the various scientific disciplines, in recent years, thanks to the digitalization of the scientific and academic world, these data have become increasingly accessible and reliable. Unfortunately, in the scientific field there is a race for bibliometric values, and these could often be influenced by the authors themselves. After a description of what the h-hindex
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Accelerated Peer Review and Paper Processing Models in Academic Publishing Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-05-26 Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Yuki Yamada
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Predatory Journals: Revisiting Beall’s Research Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-05-24 Graham Kendall, Simon Linacre
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Publishing Distribution Practices: New Insights About Eco-Friendly Publishing, Sustainable Printing and Returns, and Cost-Effective Delivery in the U.S. Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Rachel Done, Rylee Warner, Rachel Noorda
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The Death of the Monograph? Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Philip Shaw, Angus Phillips, Maria Bajo Gutiérrez
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Access Patterns of Electronic Articles: The Case Study of Scientometrics Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-05-03 Sumiko Asai
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Publishing and Library E-Lending: An Analysis of the Decade Before Covid-19 Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Michelle C. Sisto
This paper delves into the complex history of e-lending, specifically between the Big Five publishers and public libraries. It is commonly thought that the relationship between publishers and libraries is contentious, with publishers being obvious aggressors who see libraries as their enemy. The reality is not so clear cut. This paper aims to comprehensively document and analyze the history of the
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Diversity in Romance Novels: Race, Sexuality, Neurodivergence, Disability, and Fat Representation Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-04-26 Madison Nankervis
Romance novels are a billion-dollar industry within book publishing, but do these stories have diverse representation that reflect reality? This paper examines the diversity of race, sexuality, neurodivergence, disability, and fat representation in traditionally published romance novels in the USA. Various authors and titles are discussed, including a comparison between traditional publishing and self-publishing
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The Reality of the ‘Publish or Perish’ Concept, Perspectives from the Global South Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-04-22 Tibelius Amutuhaire
Historically, educators in higher education (HE) were expected to educate, generate knowledge, and do community service. With some commentators arguing that an academic must ‘publish or perish’, the expectation to create knowledge through research became overemphasized. The concept is widespread in HE institutions around the world. It aids to keep staff, particularly those in universities, constantly
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Mark McGurl: Everything and Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Casey Brienza
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Laville Lavette: Ebony: Covering Black America Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-04-13 Sacha Chadwick
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Research Elite of Pakistan: Profile and Determinants of Productivity and Impact Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-04-13 Shakil Ahmad, Inaam Ullah Qureshi, Muhammad Ramzan, Shafiq Ur Rehman
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The Development and Production of Literature Within an Easy Language and a Universal Design Perspective Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-04-08 Gerd Berget, Hanna Bovim Bugge
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Dennis Duncan: Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age Publishing Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Albrecht Classen