A lawsuit recently filed by scientists against six major academic journal publishers shines a spotlight on a long-standing issue that echoes the broader problems in academia itself: an excessive ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. In a stark sign of scientists’ escalating frustration with how academic journals ...

An emeritus professor at the University of Missouri, Arthur Jago, in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article was skeptical of the claim that a majority of academic journal articles are never ...

In a field like gender studies, what constitutes a respectable outlet? We can make progress toward answering that question by utilizing SCImago's ranking of academic journals. Last week, a funny and ...

About ENGINEERING Energy   ENGINEERING Energy, formerly known as Frontiers in Energy, is a peer-reviewed English academic ...

A large portion of academics will at some point in their career send submissions of their work to academic journals, and for those on the tenure track, being successful at publishing may be the most ...

Starting a journal is hard enough – keeping it going is an ongoing challenge. Here’s how to maintain success in academic publishing Starting a new academic journal is an uphill struggle from the ...

Adam Habib does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Nobody likes negative feedback but rejection is not all bad. Here is how to see rejection of your article by a peer-reviewed journal as an opportunity Most academic activities involve competitive ...

The cost of academic journals has increased steeply over the past few decades and continues to climb. Academic libraries, already caught in an economic squeeze, are finding it difficult to acquire new ...