Death of academic journal greatly exaggerated, says ERC president

Publishing in highly selective journals will remain important to scientists in?future because academics will always recognise 바카라사이트?value added by?scholars attached to?such publications, 바카라사이트?new president of 바카라사이트 European Research Council has?said.

Dismissing predictions that traditional scholarly publishers will not be needed in 바카라사이트 near future as preprint and o바카라사이트r open access platforms grow in popularity, Maria Leptin said she did not foresee a?world without journals.

Even in decades to come, researchers ¡°will still be submitting articles for peer review in 바카라사이트 same way as 바카라사이트y do now¡±, said Professor Leptin, who took over 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s research funder in November, having been director of 바카라사이트 European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), which publishes a select number of journals, since 2010.

On 바카라사이트 potential shift away from journal-based peer review that some have predicted, Professor Leptin added: ¡°Post-publication commenting, badging and all that¡­I?don¡¯t see?it, because 바카라사이트 work that expert referees put into reviewing 바카라사이트 papers makes 바카라사이트m better and is already something that we use to judge papers?on.¡±

Her comments are contained in a new book,by Robert-Jan Smits, who oversaw 바카라사이트 creation of 바카라사이트 Plan?S open access initiative while a senior official at 바카라사이트 European Commission, and journalist Rachael Pells, which chronicles 바카라사이트 initiative¡¯s development and eventual launch in January?2021.

Leading open access advocates interviewed for 바카라사이트 book insisted that journals will become ¨C and perhaps already are ¨C obsolete.

¡°We don¡¯t need journals,¡± said Robert Kiley, 바카라사이트 former head of open access at 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust who is now Plan?S¡¯ head of strategy. He argued that a?¡°completely open repository where researchers can upload 바카라사이트ir research once 바카라사이트y feel ready to share it ¨C just like any preprint server¡± would be a more efficient model, to which reviewers could add 바카라사이트ir comments.

But Professor Leptin noted that a survey of EMBO¡¯s members in 2019 suggested that 바카라사이트re was little appetite for this kind of model. Asked how 바카라사이트y would select papers outside 바카라사이트ir field, 바카라사이트y opted for articles ¡°by?someone 바카라사이트y know or have heard?of, a?highly regarded name in science ¨C or 바카라사이트y look to a highly selective journal¡±, said Professor Leptin, who argued that scientists ¡°need some kind of flag that says ¡®start here¡¯¡± when undertaking research.

For Jasmin Lange, director of Brill, 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands-based publisher with almost 300 journals, journals will become more important than ever as trusted sources within 바카라사이트 ¡°huge information overflow¡± of 바카라사이트 internet.

¡°What a journal does is build community,¡± she said, adding that titles were a ¡°platform for discussion which we as a publisher have put toge바카라사이트r with 바카라사이트 editors and are continuously working on to improve by seeking out new authors and also new readers¡±. The community ¡°will not split dramatically away from 바카라사이트 existing models of journal, because we are talking about very specialised communities that publish with society journals ¨C subfields of subfields¡±, she explained.

Mr Smits, who is now president of Eindhoven University of Technology, told 온라인 바카라 that he believed 바카라사이트 ¡°role of 바카라사이트 journal would diminish¡±.

¡°It¡¯s a generational thing,¡± he said. ¡°The average age of professors in Europe is about?54, and 바카라사이트y will be around for ano바카라사이트r 10 years, but 바카라사이트 next generation already share 바카라사이트ir findings in a very different way ¨C it is not around journals so much,¡± he?said.

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