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Why Do We Still Have Journals?

By Gerald F. Davis | Published: May 20, 2014

It’s time for a broader dialogue about how we connect the aims of the social science enterprise to our system of journals, argues the editor of Administrative Science Quarterly.

Posted in Communication, Open Access | Also tagged Journals | 1 Comment

Publication Ethics and Biomedical Imperialism

By Robert Dingwall | Published: March 24, 2014

Applying ethics to social science research can raise as many issues as it answers. A new set of guidelines on which Robert DIngwall consulted gives clarity in some cases like manipulation of images and duplicate publication but leaves some other controversies unsettled.

Nigel Vincent reflects on the Open Access monograph challenge

By British Academy | Published: July 5, 2013

Monographs are an intrinsically important mode of academic production and must not be sacrificed on the altar of open access, argues Nigel Vincent in Debating Open Access, a new publication from the British Academy.

Posted in Open Access, Public Policy | Also tagged British Academy, Monographs, Nigel Vincent | Leave a comment

Ziyad Marar on the creation of scholarly knowledge in the digital age

By British Academy | Published: July 4, 2013

Open movements focus on the consumption of information but neglect to focus on its mode of production, writes Ziyad Marar in Debating Open Access, a new publication from the British Academy. In a world where increasing amounts of information and knowledge are available, what matters is the ability to create and attend to that which […]

Posted in Open Access, Public Policy | Also tagged Digital, knowledge creation, SAGE, Ziyad Marar | Leave a comment

Chris Wickham considers OA in the UK and international environment

By British Academy | Published: July 3, 2013

In his chapter for Debating Open Access, a new publication from the British Academy, Chris Wickham considers the view from Humanities and Social Science both from the UK and international environment. Since HSS disciplines receive only a small percentage of RCUK funds, HEFCE’s policy on the admissibility of work for future REFs will be the […]

Posted in Open Access, Public Policy | Also tagged Academic Freedom, Chris Wickham | 1 Comment

Robin Osborne on why open access makes no sense

By British Academy | Published: July 3, 2013

Academic research is different in kind from industrial contract research where the funder determines the activity and therefore is entitled to decide the use to which the results are put. The inspiration for research-council projects come from academics who therefore should retain the right to determine the form and location of the outputs, argues Robin […]

Posted in Open Access, Public Policy | Also tagged Cambridge University, quality, Robin Osborne | Leave a comment

Who Really, Really Wants Open Access?

By Robert Dingwall | Published: June 22, 2013

There is broad agreement is the desirability of wider access by readers to scholarly journal articles. There is less agreement on who these imagined readers might be.

Posted in News, Open Access, Public Policy | Also tagged Humanities, Open Access, Policy, Research, Social Science | 1 Comment

Open Access and the Privatisation of Knowledge

By Martin Eve | Published: March 25, 2013

Is OA the flip side to privatisation of Higher Education? Is there a way in which OA is a means of justifying the economic inaccessibility of HE by providing a public good?

How can textbooks further student engagement?

By Daniel Nehring | Published: January 27, 2013

All criticism of the genre notwithstanding, textbooks do have a central role to play in turning sociology students into sociologists. Sometimes I do wonder, however, whether it is time to re-invent the textbook.

OA and the UK Humanities & Social Sciences

By Cameron Neylon | Published: January 4, 2013

The opportunity for H&SS to reach much wider audiences who appreciate the value of their work generally, and to reach those specific people who will make important use of it is enormous.

War in History: Open Access Journals

By Simon Ball | Published: October 24, 2012

Simon Ball, Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Glasgow, discusses the dangers of Gold Route OA to the Humanities and scholarship in general.

Open Access publishing: A Personal View

By Social Science Space | Published: September 20, 2012

We are personally skeptical about many of the major premises of Open Access Publishing, and we are certain that many of the potential implications have not been thought through. The Finch Report pays remarkably little heed to the detailed arrangements that may need to be put in place.

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Tag: Publishing

Why Do We Still Have Journals?

Publication Ethics and Biomedical Imperialism

Nigel Vincent reflects on the Open Access monograph challenge

Ziyad Marar on the creation of scholarly knowledge in the digital age

Chris Wickham considers OA in the UK and international environment

Robin Osborne on why open access makes no sense

War in History: Open Access Journals

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