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Ten Hot Topics around Scholarly Publishing

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  • Jonathan P. Tennant

    (Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE), 75008 Paris, France)

  • Harry Crane

    (Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08901, USA)

  • Tom Crick

    (School of Education, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK)

  • Jacinto Davila

    (CESIMO, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida 5101, Venezuela)

  • Asura Enkhbayar

    (Scholarly Communications Lab, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Colombia, V6B 5K3, Canada)

  • Johanna Havemann

    (IGDORE, 10115 Berlin, Germany)

  • Bianca Kramer

    (Utrecht University Library, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3512, The Netherlands)

  • Ryan Martin

    (Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, CA 27607, USA)

  • Paola Masuzzo

    (IGDORE, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Andy Nobes

    (INASP, Oxford, OX1 1RR, UK)

  • Curt Rice

    (Oslo Metropolitan University, 0010 Oslo, Norway)

  • Bárbara Rivera-López

    (Dirección General de Asuntos Académicos, Universidad de Las Américas, Sede Providencia, Manuel Montt 948, Chile)

  • Tony Ross-Hellauer

    (Institute for Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology and Know-Center GmbH, Graz 8010, Austria)

  • Susanne Sattler

    (National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, SW3 6LY, UK)

  • Paul D. Thacker

    (Freelance Science Journalist, Madrid, Spain)

  • Marc Vanholsbeeck

    (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels 1050, Belgium)

Abstract

The changing world of scholarly communication and the emerging new wave of ‘Open Science’ or ‘Open Research’ has brought to light a number of controversial and hotly debated topics. Evidence-based rational debate is regularly drowned out by misinformed or exaggerated rhetoric, which does not benefit the evolving system of scholarly communication. This article aims to provide a baseline evidence framework for ten of the most contested topics, in order to help frame and move forward discussions, practices, and policies. We address issues around preprints and scooping, the practice of copyright transfer, the function of peer review, predatory publishers, and the legitimacy of ‘global’ databases. These arguments and data will be a powerful tool against misinformation across wider academic research, policy and practice, and will inform changes within the rapidly evolving scholarly publishing system.

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  • Jonathan P. Tennant & Harry Crane & Tom Crick & Jacinto Davila & Asura Enkhbayar & Johanna Havemann & Bianca Kramer & Ryan Martin & Paola Masuzzo & Andy Nobes & Curt Rice & Bárbara Rivera-López & Tony, 2019. "Ten Hot Topics around Scholarly Publishing," Publications, MDPI, vol. 7(2), pages 1-24, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jpubli:v:7:y:2019:i:2:p:34-:d:230597
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