One of the most exciting aspects of supporting Open Access journals for the Scholastica team is learning about their publication development journeys. In this interview, Jenn Pickering, managing editor of The Sedimentary Record, discusses how they reached the milestones of their 100th article published and a successful editorial board transfer following a journal expansion initiative.
In light of recent efforts to stall OSTP OA policy work in the US without community input, we wanted to use Scholastica's blog to help raise awareness of the latest developments surrounding the Nelson Memo and other emerging global OA mandates and ways scholarly communication stakeholders can get involved to have their voices heard.
What will the next iteration of scholarly journal peer review look like? That's the question team Scholastica is pondering this Peer Review Week. Here are the primary issues and innovation areas we're tracking with high-level breakdowns of the latest updates.
During a free webinar Scholastica sponsored as part of this year's ALPSP Conference, we dug into the many benefits of transitioning to a digital-first publishing process and different possible routes to get started or optimize your current efforts. Read on for the details!
All journals operated by non-profit scholarly societies share one key differentiating factor — when scholars publish with them, they intrinsically support the advancement of research in their fields. In this blog post, we delve into steps society publishing programs and journals can take to illuminate the unique value they offer with examples.
In this interview, the University of Pennsylvania Press' Director of Journals, Jocelyn Dawson, and Operations Manager, Paul Chase, share how they're working to develop their journal portfolio and support DEI initiatives at Penn Press and beyond.
In this new guide to getting journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, we cover the WoS journal selection criteria, how to apply, and answers to FAQs, including insights from the WoS support team.
In this blog post, we're rounding up answers to Google Scholar indexing FAQs for journal publishers and editors, covering the benefits of Google Scholar indexing, how it works, and tips to improve the chances of your articles showing up in Google Scholar search results.
Most journal teams know the importance of getting articles added to reputable scholarly indexes, but how to go about it isn't always as clear. This blog post covers everything you need to know to initiate and keep building upon a successful journal indexing strategy.
At Scholastica, we know publishers and editors often have questions about how to get a journal added to Scopus for the first time. So when Precision Nanomedicine (PRNANO), one of our customers, was accepted into Scopus, we asked the editorial team to share their experience navigating the application process.