Trends in scholarly publishing
What are the trends in scholarly publishing and why might you need to know? Explore your ideas through the activity 'Keeping up with publishing trends'
What are the trends in scholarly publishing and why might you need to know? Explore your ideas through the As an emerging scholar you may (depending on your discipline area) want to produce scholarly information that is widely and quickly accessible, allowing you to get on with new research.
Publishing models
The traditional publishing model is based on publishing on paper. However, electronic models have emerged with the advent of the internet. Explore these concepts further through the social networking site The Conversation: Open access vs traditional academic journal publishers
Quality and publishing
An article published in a journal is often used as a measure of the quality of a publication. Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 'assesses research quality within Australia's higher education institutions using a combination of indicators and expert review by committees comprising experienced, internationally-recognised experts.'
- Overview of ERA, key links and UniSA's performance (UniSA Library)
- Information about journal rankings (UniSA Library)
TIP: refer to the drop-down options from the main Journals tab for details of the various metric schemes within each of the databases
Information about journal rankingsA major trend, particularly with respect to scholarly journals, is open access. Open access to research and scholarship potentially increases the global scale of scholarly exchange. Open access contributions might include original scientific research results, raw data and metadata, source materials, digital representations of pictorial and graphical materials, and scholarly multimedia material.
- More information about open access publishing (UniSA Library)
TIP: refer to the drop-down options from the main Open Access Publishing tab for journal details for each of the University's divisions
Activity – keeping up with publishing trends
Think about the following questions in relation to your research project and future directions for your research:
- Why keep up with trends in scholarly publishing?
- How might digital publishing and open access affect the presentation of your ideas and research?
- What considerations might influence how freely accessible you make your ideas?
Some reflections on these questions (feedback) - click on the 'back' arrow in the screen behind the pop up to return to this screen
Image (adapted) from The Conversation