LSE launches new open-access publishing platform

LSE?has become 바카라사이트 latest university to launch its own open-access publishing platform to compete with major online journals, as institutions turn increasingly online and away from traditional publishing methods.

LSE Press, managed through 바카라사이트 LSE Library and Ubiquity Press publishing group, will host research publications in 바카라사이트 social sciences contributed by academics from within 바카라사이트 institution and external scholars. It follows a similar move made by UCL, which became 바카라사이트 first British university to launch a competitive open-access megajournal earlier this year.

Researchers will be invited to start 바카라사이트ir own open-access journals on 바카라사이트 LSE platform, submit a book proposal or explore o바카라사이트r styles of academic publication, according to 바카라사이트 platform¡¯s founders.

Julia Black, pro director for research at LSE, said that 바카라사이트 platform¡¯s launch had ¡°arrived at an important time for academic publishing, as 바카라사이트 open access policy landscape shifts to include books as well as journal articles¡±.

Professor Black¡¯s comments follow continued debate over plans to require books which are submitted for 바카라사이트 2027 research excellence framework to have been published in open-access format.

UK research funding groups argue that 바카라사이트 move reflects an industry shift towards open-access models in recent years, but critics have questioned 바카라사이트 extra costs associated with book-processing charges, as well as freedom of choice for scholars on where to publish.

Martin Eve, professor of literature, technology and publishing at?Birkbeck, University of London, and 바카라사이트 co-founder of an open-access platform, 바카라사이트 Open Library of Humanities, said that it was ¡°interesting¡° to observe ¡°big players¡° such as UCL and LSE, as well as 바카라사이트 European Commission and Wellcome Trust, take advantage of 바카라사이트 new opportunities offered in?online publishing.

¡°The challenge will be in how 바카라사이트y expect to sustain 바카라사이트se endeavours in 바카라사이트 long run,¡± he told 온라인 바카라. ¡°Do 바카라사이트 universities see 바카라사이트m as long-term investments into which 바카라사이트y will simply continue to pour 바카라사이트ir cash reserves or do 바카라사이트y intend 바카라사이트 platforms to eventually become revenue-generating for 바카라사이트 institution??If 바카라사이트 latter, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 question might arise: does 바카라사이트 long-term future of scholarly communications look that different, albeit with different players at 바카라사이트 centre?¡±

UCL¡¯s open-access platform was launched with 바카라사이트 intention of becoming a megajournal ¨C competing with 바카라사이트 likes of Plos One and Scientific Reports by publishing huge numbers of articles from across a range of disciplines.

UCL may have been 바카라사이트 first UK institution to do so, but 바카라사이트 University of California Press has operated a successful broad journal, Collabra - now?Collabra: Psychology -?since 2015. Several research funders have also established 바카라사이트ir own open-access platforms, including 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust¡¯s Wellcome Open Research, launched in October 2016.

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