In:
Journal of Scholarly Publishing, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 41, No. 2 ( 2010-01), p. 191-215
Abstract:
Recession is currently causing a resurgence of the academic serials crisis. Profit-mongering by commercial publishers is once again denounced as the key driver of the crisis. However, a critical analysis of institutional and bibliometric data does not reveal excessive corporate greed in recent years; instead, it suggests that the present hurdles stem largely from years of inadequate budget allocations to academic libraries and from a publishing frenzy fuelled by simplistic methods of evaluating faculty productivity. To prevent what is likely to be the publishing equivalent of a tsunami in the next few years, universities and research institutions urgently need to re-emphasize quality over quantity in the publishing process, and they must find ways to include peer-reviewing efficiency among their criteria for productivity and impact. Achieving these goals will require concerted efforts by researchers, librarians, and publishers.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1198-9742
,
1710-1166
DOI:
10.3138/jsp.41.2.191
Language:
English
Publisher:
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
Publication Date:
2010
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2145365-2
SSG:
24,1
SSG:
2
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