How the landscape of publishing is changing biogeography
<p>Open access, shifting publishing mores, predatory journals, reviewer over-burden are just a few of the factors reshaping modern scientific publishing. How are changes in the publishing environment influencing biogeography? Over the past eight years, 63 different titles have been among the...
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International Biogeography Society
2017-07-01
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| author | Michael N Dawson Alycia L Stigall Joaquín Hortal |
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| description | <p>Open access, shifting publishing mores, predatory journals, reviewer over-burden are just a few of the factors reshaping modern scientific publishing. How are changes in the publishing environment influencing biogeography? Over the past eight years, 63 different titles have been among the 25 journals publishing most “biogeography” articles in any given year; a small nucleus of journals has consistently published a large proportion of “biogeography” papers. Yet, the journals enjoying the largest positive trends—e.g. increasing share of biogeography publications and increasing Impact Factor—are outside of the nucleus; they are emerging open access ‘mega-journals’ that offer simplified criteria for publication. From the fault lines appearing across the publishing landscape, we see opportunities emerging for <em>Frontiers of Biogeography</em> as a vigorous hybrid model that leverages the strengths of ‘old world’ and ‘new world’ approaches to disseminating scientific knowledge and nurtures mutual benefits.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a27b1364e984d05a3bd9dafc8f152562022-12-22T02:04:17ZengInternational Biogeography SocietyFrontiers of Biogeography1948-65962017-07-019210.21425/F5FBG35718ark:13030/qt67n7x3zkHow the landscape of publishing is changing biogeographyMichael N Dawson0Alycia L Stigall1Joaquín Hortal2UC MercedOhio University, Athens, OHDept. Biogeography & Global Change, BEI-MNCN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain<p>Open access, shifting publishing mores, predatory journals, reviewer over-burden are just a few of the factors reshaping modern scientific publishing. How are changes in the publishing environment influencing biogeography? Over the past eight years, 63 different titles have been among the 25 journals publishing most “biogeography” articles in any given year; a small nucleus of journals has consistently published a large proportion of “biogeography” papers. Yet, the journals enjoying the largest positive trends—e.g. increasing share of biogeography publications and increasing Impact Factor—are outside of the nucleus; they are emerging open access ‘mega-journals’ that offer simplified criteria for publication. From the fault lines appearing across the publishing landscape, we see opportunities emerging for <em>Frontiers of Biogeography</em> as a vigorous hybrid model that leverages the strengths of ‘old world’ and ‘new world’ approaches to disseminating scientific knowledge and nurtures mutual benefits.</p>http://escholarship.org/uc/item/67n7x3zkBiogeographyMacroecologyOpen accessPublishing |
| spellingShingle | Michael N Dawson Alycia L Stigall Joaquín Hortal How the landscape of publishing is changing biogeography Frontiers of Biogeography Biogeography Macroecology Open access Publishing |
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