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Journal Selection
Iryna Kuchma is the Open Access Programme Manager for EIFL, a not-for-profit organization that helps libraries enable access to knowledge in developing and transition…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- October 23, 2018
Predatory behavior is growing rapidly in the publishing industry: it is no longer just the predatory journals and publishers; even predatory conferences are on the rise…
- Kakoli Majumder
- August 2, 2018
Why are researchers choosing open access? A growing realization of the benefits of switching from the traditional subscription model to the open access model has…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 26, 2017
In addition to predatory journals and publishers, researchers now need to be wary of predatory conferences as well. But how does one know if a conference is legitimate…
- Mohamad Mostafa
- October 25, 2017
Open access is the way forward for scholarly communication as it gives research maximum outreach. However, many researchers are not keen on publishing open access…
- Kakoli Majumder
- October 25, 2017
There is a definitive shift in the publishing industry towards open access. The share of open access journal publishing is steadily increasing through the launch of new…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 23, 2017
Open access is steadily gaining momentum in academia, but many young researchers are still unclear about it. What is open access? What are the different venues for…
- Kakoli Majumder
- October 22, 2017
Synopsis: Often, predatory journals send email invitations to authors to submit their articles and lure them into paying APCs with assurances of publication. However,…
- Kakoli Majumder
- November 28, 2016
Authors often avoid publishing in open access journals as they are under the misconception that all open access journals charge high APCs. But what if one of the co…
- Kakoli Majumder
- October 31, 2016
How can more scholars and journals embrace preprints to make research freely accessible? How are new uses of preprint servers changing the academic publishing landscape?…
- Editage Insights
- October 31, 2016