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Strategies to Increase the Number of Open Access Journals: The Cases of Elsevier and Springer Nature Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Sumiko Asai
In recent years, major commercial publishers have strengthened their presence in both the subscription journal market and the open access journal market. Examining 447 journals from Elsevier and 550 from Springer Nature, this study investigates three strategies for enlarging the number of gold open access journals: the launch of new journals, mergers with other publishers, and partnerships with research
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Editorial of the Journal of Scholarly Publishing Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Deborah C. Poff
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Writing Anthropology: Essays on Craft and Commitment edited by Carole McGranahan Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Steven E. Gump
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Publication History: A Double-DOI-Based Method for Storing and/or Monitoring Information about Published and Corrected Academic Literature Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva,Serhii Nazarovets
The status of published literature can change at any time in its history following publication, although existing structures in academic publishing for recording these changes, despite the existence of a number of robust tools—such as the digital object identifier (DOI)—appear to be insufficiently robust, or used too inconsistently or inefficiently, to deal with multiple corrections. In this article
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A ‘Thankless Task’? My Work as a Book Review Editor Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Bruce L. Batten
In this article, the book review editor of Monumenta Nipponica, a Japanese studies journal based in Tokyo, describes the satisfactions and frustrations of the job and provides a nuts-and-bolts view of how he does it.
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Why I Review Unimpressive Books Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Steven E. Gump
Unimpressive books fail to make effective, distinctive, or otherwise substantive contributions. Yet their reviews can be useful to potential readers (as caveats), to publishers (as quality-control checks), to authors working on similar book projects (as models of what to avoid), and even to the reviewers themselves (as exercises for developing connoisseurship within a specific field). By articulating
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What I’ve Learned about Writing a Second Book Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-10-01 James Mulholland
Much has been written to inform academics about revising a dissertation and completing a book, but most of this advice focuses on first-time authors. By contrast, there is little advice directed toward more experienced academic authors that considers the conditions they confront when writing a second book, such as increased demands on them to provide institutional and professional service. Second-time
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Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing by John B. Thompson Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Alex Holzman
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Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing by John B. Thompson Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Robert Brown
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Publishing Journal Articles: A Scientific Guide for New Authors Worldwide by Zheng Yan Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Steven E. Gump
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Author Choice of Journal Type Based on Income Level of Country Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Sumiko Asai
Readers can access open access articles for free, but authors or research funders pay article-processing charges to publish them. This requirement may deter authors in low-income countries from publishing in open access. This study investigates the choices that authors make among three types of open access journal and closed (subscription) journals in history, economics, science, and technology based
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Multilingual Scholars’ Experiences in Publishing in the Social Sciences and Humanities Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Basim Alamri
Multilingual scholars in the social sciences and humanities at universities in Saudi Arabia face challenges to publishing in international English-language scholarly journals. This study aims to investigate their attitudes and needs and the obstacles they encounter. It also explores how deans of scientific research respond to scholars’ obstacles and needs. The study takes a mixed-methods approach,
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Writing and Unrecognized Academic Labor: The Rejected Manuscript by James M. Salvo Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Steven E. Gump
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Inside the Critics’ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times by Phillipa K. Chong; Why Writing Matters by Nicholas Delbanco; Every Day I Write the Book: Notes on Style by Amitava Kumar; What We Talk about When We Talk about Books: The History and Future of Reading by Leah Price; The Story I Am: Mad about the Writing Life by Roger Rosenblatt Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Steven E. Gump
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Testing and Refining Scholarly Communications Workflows and Work Habits for the Digital Age Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Clarissa J. Ceglio,Tom Scheinfeldt,Sara Sikes
Greenhouse Studios | Scholarly Communications Design at UConn is a shared venture of the School of Fine Arts, University Library, and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Greenhouse Studios’ core research mission is the development of workflows that bring diverse interdisciplinary teams together to create works of digital and non-traditional scholarship while also
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The Role of the Editor of an Academic Publication Blog Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Stuart A. Brown
Academic blogging is now a widely used medium for scholarly communication. A substantial body of literature exists on the potential opportunities and challenges that blogging affords to scholars, yet the role of blog editors in facilitating research dissemination and public engagement remains largely overlooked. This paper draws on insights from the development of academic blogs by the London School
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Against Using the Book Proposal to Rethink Your Book: Why and How to Work on Your Book Instead Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-04-01 Katelyn E. Knox
Abstract:Drawing from personal experience revising my dissertation into a book and helping dozens of authors do the same, I put language to a critical yet challenging phase in this process: working on one's book. After describing what working on one's book entails, elucidating how it fundamentally differs in posture from writing a book proposal, and explaining why authors might abandon this work prematurely
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Contemporary Publishing and the Culture of Books by Alison Baverstock, Richard Bradford, and Madelena Gonzalez Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-04-01 Steven E. Gump
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Reassembling Scholarly Communications: Histories, Infrastructures, and Global Politics of Open Access by Martin Paul Eve and Jonathan Gray Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-04-01 Mark C. Wilson
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Book Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Australia, Part Two: Author Motivation, Audience, and Publishing Knowledge Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-04-01 Agata Mrva-Montoya
Abstract:This is part two of a study drawing on semi-structured interviews with twenty-one academics working in the humanities and social sciences at Australian universities. Part two explores why academics write books, who their target audience is, how they learned about publishing, and how they share their knowledge with others. I use self-determination theory to analyze their motives for publishing
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Do Journals’ Author Guidelines Tell Us What We Need to Know about Plagiarism? Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-04-01 Yu-Chih Sun
Abstract:Author guidelines for submitting manuscripts to journals play an essential role in communicating academic ethics and standards to prospective authors and in ensuring the originality of the articles that journals publish. The purpose of this study was to conduct a cross-journal analysis of author guidelines to see how they address plagiarism. One hundred author guidelines were selected randomly
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The Stages of Revising a Dissertation into a Book Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-04-01 Amy Benson Brown
Abstract:As an academic writing coach and developmental editor, I have worked with scores of humanists and social scientists on successfully revising their dissertations into books. A first step in revision is understanding the distinctiveness of the academic monograph as a genre, particularly its requirements in terms of scope, voice, and through-line. In this article, I describe the common stages
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Scholarship, Money, and Prose: Behind the Scenes at an Academic Journal by Michael Chibnik. Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Robert Brown
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Book Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Australia, Part One: Understanding Institutional Pressures and the Funding Context Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Agata Mrva-Montoya,Edward J. Luca
Abstract:This is part one of a two-part study on the publishing behaviours of academics in the humanities and social sciences (HSS) at Australian universities. Our data consist of semi-structured interviews with twenty-one participants. Part one explores how current institutional pressures and the research funding environment are shaping academics' book publishing practices. In particular, we attend
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Albert N. Greco. The Business of Scholarly Publishing: Managing in Turbulent Times Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Donna A. Shear
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Janet Salmons and Helen Kara. Publishing from Your Doctoral Research: Create and Use a Publication Strategy Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Steven E. Gump
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Ruth Panofsky. Toronto Trailblazers: Women in Canadian Publishing Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Steven E. Gump
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Thinking about Starting an Interdisciplinary Journal: The Medical Humanities as a Case in Point Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Lindsey Valancius, Trevor Lipscombe
Abstract:Academia prizes interdisciplinarity. But what of publishing interdisciplinary journals? They hold the promise of appealing to two different disciplines yet run the risk of appealing to neither. Here we consider one interdisciplinary field, the medical humanities, and undertake a thought experiment: What questions should a publisher ask when considering the possibility of starting a new interdisciplinary
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Branding Spin-Off Scholarly Journals: Transmuting Symbolic Capital into Economic Capital Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Mahdi Khelfaoui, Yves Gingras
Abstract:In this article, we analyse a relatively recent commercial strategy used by large academic publishers to capitalize on the brand names of their most prestigious scientific journals. Using Pierre Bourdieu's model of capital conversion, we explain how publishers transfer the symbolic capital of an already prestigious journal to derivative journals that share in the prestige of the original brand
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Barbara W. Sarnecka. The Writing Workshop: Write More, Write Better, Be Happier in Academia Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Steven E. Gump
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Introduction to the Special Section Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Mary Lui,Alex Holzman,Robert Brown
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Jeffrey W. Alstete, Nicholas J. Beutell, and John P. Meyer. Evaluating Scholarship and Research Impact: History, Practices, and Policy Development Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Steven E. Gump
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Dawn Duke, Pam Denicolo, and Erin Henslee. Publishing for Impact Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Steven E. Gump
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Shuyi Chua. The Graduate Student as Writer: Encouragement for the Budding Scholar Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Nick J. Sciullo
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Why Would a Professor Self-Publish a Book? Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Barbara W. Sarnecka
Self-publishing is common outside the academy, but faculty members rarely publish their own books. In this essay, a University of California professor explains why she chose to self-publish her boo...
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Associated Self-Citations and Propagation Luck Two Problems with Citation Counts Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Karel D. Klika
There is considerable merit in discounting self-citations when measuring the worth of a paper, a journal, or an author bibliometrically. However, excluding self-citations from the citation count fo...
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How May the Pandemic Impact Scholarly Communities That Already Face Discrimination? Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-06-15 Deborah Poff
In this brief article, the author speculates on the possible negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on scholarship and scholarly output for academics who may already experience discrimination in...
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A Compilation of Short Takes on Working from Home Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-06-15 Bryan Birchmeier, Erika Dyck, Kathie Porta Baker, Sarah Buhler, Olivier Lebert, Olivier Lebert
The guest co-editor invited short essays from five contributors, who write here about their experiences of working from home. For those who are new to this, or new to doing it full-time, the collap...
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Research in a Department of Medicine in the COVID-19 Era Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-06-15 Michael E. Farkouh
From March through May 2020, the University of Toronto’s Department of Medicine has faced unique challenges and opportunities for collaboration in medical research to combat COVID-19. The departmen...
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Rapid Publication in a Time of Crisis Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-06-15 Emily Taber
The MIT Press published the eBook edition of Economics in the Age of COVID-19 by Joshua Gans in just over a month This article describes the genesis of the project and how the MIT Press team was able to produce a book on an accelerated schedule It then presents a series of factors for other publishers to consider when deciding whether and how to embark on similar rapid publication projects tied to
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Continuity of Academic Library Services during the Pandemic: The University of Toronto Libraries’ Response Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-06-10 Benjamin Walsh, Harjinder Rana
The suspension of in-person services and loss of access to physical collections at the University of Toronto’s network of academic libraries has left more than 100,000 students, staff, and faculty ...
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The A to Zoom of Digital Book Events: How One Press Managed the Overnight Transition to Virtual Events Due to Coronavirus Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-06-09 Katie Stileman, Hannah Nyren
When COVID-19 caused a full season of book events to be cancelled in spring 2020, the MIT Press decided immediately to take its author events online instead. This article describes the process of m...
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Book Manufacturing in the COVID-19 Era Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-06-09 Matt Baehr
The printed book has endured a great deal in the last fifteen years. COVID-19 has changed some things in the industry, but the printed book is still alive and well.
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The Productive Graduate Student Writer: How to Manage Your Time, Process, and Energy to Write Your Research Proposal, Thesis, and Dissertation and Get Published by Jan Allen | From Student to Scholar: A Guide to Writing through the Dissertation Stage by Keith Hjortshoj Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-04-01 Steven E. Gump
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Work Your Career: Get What You Want from Your Social Sciences or Humanities PhD by Loleen Berdahl and Jonathan Malloy | How to Be a Happy Academic by Alexander Clark and Bailey Sousa | Survive and Thrive in Academia: The New Academic’s Pocket Mentor by Kate Woodthorpe Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-04-01 Steven E. Gump
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Do Tenure and Promotion Policies Discourage Publications in Predatory Journals? Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-04-01 Fiona A.E. McQuarrie, Alex Z. Kondra, Kai Lamertz
Predatory journals are a concern in academia because they lack meaningful peer review and engage in questionable business practices. Nevertheless, predatory journals continue to flourish, in part b...
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Paper Online Rating Platforms An Emerging Publishing System Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-04-01 Lingfeng Wang, Biqun Tang
Scholarly journals, the electronic posting platform arXiv, and the open-access publishing platform F1000Research are three paper publishing systems currently available to researchers. These three s...
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Nigerian Academics Patronizing Predatory Journals Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2020-04-01 Adeyinka Tella
This study examines why Nigerian academics are patronizing predatory publishers and the implications of this for scholarly communication in Nigeria. The study pursued a qualitative method of face-t...
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Dannelle D. Stevens. Write More, Publish More, Stress Less! Five Key Principles for a Creative and Sustainable Scholarly Practice Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Steven E. Gump
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Deirdre Nansen McCloskey. Economical Writing: Thirty-Five Rules for Clear and Persuasive Prose Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Steven E. Gump
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Honouring Clio: Book Awards, Historical Scholarship, and Publishers Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Edward A. Goedeken, Jean-Pierre V. M. Hérubel
Academic historians need to publish books in their respective specializations. Only a very few of these historians, however, are honoured with an American Historical Association (AHA) award for the...
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Forming an Intellectual Community of Practice for Scholarly Writing at a Professionally Focused University Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Joel Gardner, Kelly Barcza-Renner, Alyncia M. Bowen, Lewis Chongwony
Scholarly writing is an expectation for faculty at many universities because this writing is intended to advance knowledge and innovation. However, many professionally focused teaching universities...
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Kate L. Turabian. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2019-10-01 Steven E. Gump
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Scholarly Review, Old and New Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2019-10-01 Mark Hooper
Abstract:There is a prevalent myth, even in scholarly literature, that peer review was born, fully formed, with the advent of the first scientific journals in the seventeenth century. Recent work has shown this to be false. Many of the practices we call peer review are much newer—as new as the second half of the twentieth century. Some essential elements of peer review, however, are much older than
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Understanding Australian Academic Authors in the Humanities and Social Sciences Their Publishing Experiences, Values, and Perspectives Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2019-10-01 Agata Mrva-Montoya, Edward J. Luca, Henry Boateng
Abstract:Publishers of academic books in Australia have evolved in response to the crisis in scholarly publishing by adapting to the opportunities afforded by digital technologies for faster, cheaper, and more dynamic publishing approaches. Academic authors are at the core of the scholarly publishing landscape, so publishers need to understand their motives and needs. This paper examines data from
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When We Began: The Origins of JSP Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2019-10-01 Ian Montagnes
Abstract:JSP was founded fifty years ago from the vision of Marsh Jeanneret and the pragmatism of Eleanor Harman, director and assistant director, respectively, of the University of Toronto Press. It was conceived in a golden age of scholarly publishing as a journal primarily of practical advice, for authors as well as publishers, presented in an elegant design. Rigorous research into its subject had
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Fifty Years of JSP: Golden Anniversary Compilation, compiled and edited by Mary Lui and Robert Brown. Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2019-10-01 Rosemary Shipton, Stephen K. Donovan, Sylvia Izzo Hunter, Sanford G. Thatcher, Steven E. Gump, Mary Lui
The first issue of Scholarly Publishing came out in October 1969. Now, in October 2019, the Journal of Scholarly Publishing celebrates fifty years of quarterly publication by the University of Toro...
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Trends and Cycles in the Publication of Solo Papers in Business and Economics Journals Journal of Scholarly Publishing (IF 1.206) Pub Date : 2019-10-01 Imad Moosa, Larry Li
Abstract:By examining publication data for seven top business and economics journals over the period 1980–2015, we find that the proportion of solo papers declined while papers with more than three authors increased, on average. We also find positive correlation between the proportion of solo papers and a journal’s acceptance rate. The rise in multi-authored papers can be explained as a response to