Scholarly Communication and the Dilemma of Collective Action: Why Academic Journals Cost Too Much

Scholarly Communication and the Dilemma of Collective Action: Why Academic Journals Cost Too Much

the relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in english and general subjects of the students of high school

according to research, academic self-concept and academic achievement are mutually interdependent. in the present study, the aim was to determine the relationship between the academic self-concept and the academic achievement of students in english as a foreign language and general subjects. the participants were 320 students studying in 4th grade of high school in three cities of noor, nowshah...

Open-access mega-journals: The future of scholarly communication or academic dumping ground? A review

Purpose – Open-access mega-journals (OAMJs) represent an increasingly important part of the scholarly communication landscape. OAMJs, such as PLOS ONE, are large scale, broad scope journals that operate an open access business model (normally based on article-processing charges), and which employ a novel form of peer review, focussing on scientific “soundness” and eschewing judgement of novelty...

Why Do Some People Drink Too Much?

17 A lcohol is available to any adult, and illegally to many minors, in the United States. Although most people abstain or drink safely, a sizable minority of the population abuses alcohol. Understanding why alcohol leads to trouble for many, but not most, people exposed to it is the goal of re s e a rc h on the cause (i.e., etiology) of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. It is already clear that so...

Why Health Care Costs Too Much

The increasing share of medical bills paid by third-party payers (insurance companies and governments) and the disastrous consequences are documented. Patients overuse medical resources since those resources appear to be free or almost free. Producers of medical equipment create new and more expensive devices, even if they are of only marginal benefit, since third-party payers create a guarante...