Subscribe to newsletter Hello fellow journalologists, This week’s newsletter discusses Wiley’s new(ish) CEO (and his remuneration package), flat fee institutional models, and whether big brand journals harm research. I also assess the potential for MDPI’s new journal, Pets. So there’s lots to look forward to, but first a message from this week’s sponsor. Thank you to our sponsor, Digital Science Exciting news from Digital Science! We are proud to announce the launch of the Altmetric Journal...
13 days ago • 15 min read
Subscribe to newsletter Hello fellow journalologists, On July 4th UK citizens voted for a change of government and made a lawyer from a working-class background Prime Minister. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, our US friends celebrated kicking the Brits out so they could make their own electoral decisions, while worrying what might happen if a billionaire with a criminal record gets re-elected. Today, French citizens are voting in a pivotal election that’s being observed closely...
20 days ago • 15 min read
Subscribe to newsletter Hello fellow journalologists, Last week I wrote about the problems that indexers face when dealing with journals that don’t make binary reject / accept editorial decisions, such as eLife. A representative from Clarivate gently reminded me that the 2023 impact factors (which were announced a week or so ago) are based on papers published in 2021 and 2022. Since eLife started its new editorial model in 2023, the latest impact factor reflects papers accepted under the...
27 days ago • 14 min read
Subscribe to newsletter Hello fellow journalologists, Up until now Journalology has primarily been a newsletter, but I’ve always wanted it to be much more than that. This week I’ve launched a website — hosted on journalology.com — that’s the new digital home for the work I do for the scholarly publishing community. For the next two weeks I’ll be sponsoring my own newsletter. You won’t see messages from other companies, but you will see short summaries of the services that I offer, which fall...
about 1 month ago • 21 min read
Subscribe to newsletter Hello fellow journalologists, This week’s newsletter covers the usual fare: research misconduct, APC pricing, gender equity, peer review and AI. All packaged up for your delectation. Thank you to The Editorial Hub and Nicky Borowiec Design & Brand for sponsoring the newsletter over the past few weeks. Next week I have a new sponsor lined up that I’m rather excited about. Hopefully you will be too. Thank you to our sponsor, The Editorial Hub Ltd. As specialists in...
about 1 month ago • 11 min read
Subscribe to newsletter Hello fellow journalologists, Last week I asked if anyone had more information about Japan’s open access plans. A reader kindly pointed me in the direction of the Official letter from Cabinet office of Japan (the web page can be found here) and also provided an AI assisted translation: Implementation of Immediate Open Access for Academic Papers Funded by Public Funds From the 2025 fiscal year, recipients (including corporations) of competitive research funds that are...
about 2 months ago • 16 min read
Subscribe to newsletter Hello fellow journalologists, Some Journalology readers will be playing catch up after attending the SSP meeting in Boston last week. They will be pleased to know that it was a light news week, so they should be able to catch up by skimming quickly through this issue. If you have time on your hands, you could respond to the public consultation on the draft OASPA equity paper or NISO’s revised draft of the Journal Article Version document. But first, a message from the...
about 2 months ago • 10 min read
Subscribe to newsletter Hello fellow journalologists, It’s been a relatively slow news week, perhaps because organisations are saving their announcements for the upcoming SSP meeting in Boston. If you’re attending the meeting, travel safe. Hopefully this newsletter will provide you with some light reading on the plane. Thank you to our sponsor, The Editorial Hub Ltd. As specialists in peer-review administration, research integrity, training and management The Editorial Hub Ltd provides...
2 months ago • 16 min read
Subscribe to newsletter Hello fellow journalologists, When I write these newsletters I try to add value by giving my opinion on the story behind the story. Getting the balance between insight and speculation is hard; I have no desire to create a gossip magazine. Last week I wrote about the new collaboration between JACC (Journal of the American College of Cardiology) and The Lancet and I read the tea leaves wrong. The downside of working for corporates for 20+ years, as I have, is that it can...
2 months ago • 20 min read