Why are scholarly journals costly even with electronic publishing?

Hijacked journals are emerging as a challenge for scholarly publishing.

Why scholarly publishing might be a bubble

Scholarly communication began as an interpersonal exchange of findings between fellow researchers (1). In time, the need arose for a structured, comprehensive, and pragmatic means of communicating scientific knowledge in the form of scholarly journals. Scientists did research for the sake of progress, and journals strived to catalyze the dissemination of research as widely as possible. In the a...

A Semantic Model for Scholarly Electronic Publishing

Despite numerous advancements in information technology, electronic publishing is still based on the print text model. The natural language textual format prevents programs from semantically processing article content. A semantic model for scholarly electronic publishing is proposed, in which the article conclusion is specified by the author and recorded in a machineunderstandable format, enabl...

Electronic Scholarly Publishing: Foundations of Genetics

As the Human Genome Project (HGP) moves toward its successful completion, an increasing number of individuals are becoming interested in understanding this project and its results. Since the HGP has potentially significant ethical, legal, and social implications for all citizens, the number of individuals who do, or should wish to become familiar with the project is very high. In addition to it...

Guidelines for selecting journals that avoid fraudulent practices in scholarly publishing

In recent years, scholarly publishing has been faced with many distractive phenomena. Generally, most researchers are unaware of fraudulent practices now common to scholarly publishing and are at risk of becoming a victim of them. Editors also need to have sufficient knowledge about these practices. There are papers that try to increase awareness of authors about fraud in scholarly publishing, ...