When a scholar visits an open access journal's website for the first time, they look for certain markers of publication quality. Chief among them are well-outlined peer review policies. In this post, we outline the primary elements to include in journal peer review policies and best practices to follow.

Matthias Weber, assistant professor at the School of Finance at the University of St. Gallen, discusses why he believes the convention of alphabetical author lists should be abandoned.

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We've introduced updates to make it even easier for readers to find and view relevant content from Scholastica journal websites, as well as the ability to add ORCIDs to articles.

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.

Björn Brembs explains why he believes journal publishing should be upended from the current model, in which institutions pay publishers for access to content, to one in which the academic community pays for services to publish content and retains ownership of research.

Could the noteworthy actions of Lingua's editors spark a revolution of journals declaring independence from corporate publishers?

Anita Harris managing editor of SubStance: A Review of Theory and Literary Criticism shares tips to write constructive rejections that authors may actually appreciate