If you're working on a new open access journal, one of the most important things you can do is seek the advice of editors who are a part of thriving OA publications. Here are a few tenets of successful OA publishing from 4 seasoned editors.
Most journals are familiar with the scenario of struggling to meet production deadlines due to spread-thin editor schedules or a shortage of available peer reviewers. Here are 3 ways grad students may be able to help.
From disorganized journal data to scattered communication, there are a lot of traps journals can fall into that complicate peer review. Here are 3 ways your journal may be making peer review harder than it needs to be.
What will Elsevier's acquisition of bepress mean for the journals and institutions that rely on Digital Commons to host open access content? We explore this question following the recent news.
What is the author experience with article processing charges like? In this blog post we break down 5 key insights from a 2017 Knowledge Exchange report from surveys of researchers throughout Europe.
How are most journals doing in the pursuit of gathering and analyzing meaningful performance data? According to Jason Roberts, Senior Partner at Origin Editorial, the majority could use some work.
Wendy Laura Belcher, former managing editor of Aztlán Journal of Chicano Studies, discusses how to avoid the perils of unclear communication with authors around manuscript decisions and ongoing revise and resubmit requests.
Dana Compton, Senior Consulting Associate at KWF Consulting, shares an overview of why strategic planning is so important for journals and advice on what to cover in your next strategic planning meeting.
Two years since she started using Scholastica, Managing Editor of ITE Journal Marianne Saglam says she's less stressed about managing the journal because Scholastica keeps working for her ensuring peer review stays organized even when she isn't actively managing it.
If your journal's online publication looks eerily similar to your printed issues, then you have a bit of a problem. This blog post rounds up 3 common journal website mistakes and how to fix them.
