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Plan S, self‐publishing, and addressing unreasonable risks of society publishing
Author(s) -
Vuong QuanHoang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1002/leap.1274
Subject(s) - publishing , value proposition , revenue , preprint , work (physics) , entrepreneurship , public relations , quality (philosophy) , proposition , plan (archaeology) , value (mathematics) , open access publishing , key (lock) , business , political science , marketing , library science , engineering , computer science , law , world wide web , mechanical engineering , philosophy , computer security , accounting , archaeology , epistemology , machine learning , history
Key points Societies face increasing pressure to contain costs and retain revenues, which are threatened by open access mandates. Funders and other science publishing campaigns need to recognize the value of learned societies and work with them to sustain the production of quality knowledge. Self‐publishing via preprint servers may threaten the quality of academic research. Societies can reinforce their value proposition through a model of academic entrepreneurship, including research activities, media engagement, and consultancy.