Academic communities: The role of journals and open-access mega-journals in scholarly communication
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 13:08The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into publication practices from the perspective of academics working within four disciplinary communities: biosciences, astronomy/physics, education and history. The paper explores the ways in which these multiple overlapping communities intersect with the journal landscape and the implications for the adoption and use of new players in the scholarly communication system, particularly open-access mega-journals (OAMJs). OAMJs (e. g.