The July issue of Learned Publishing is now available

July 9, 2015 – The July issue of Learned Publishing is now out. There are three substantial articles asking how well we know ourselves, our end users, and the academics with whom we work

• Mark Carden looks at career paths in academic publishing – a tricky area where there are endless permutations of job titles and roles and unclear pathways for individuals to navigate. The article also considers when and why people move from academia to publishing – is it the lure of publishing or dissatisfaction with the research environment?
• Scholarly Reputation – This article from Ciber considers how academics in Europe use social media to promote themselves and build reputations. We assume they are becoming more socially active and add various tools onto our websites, but do authors make good use of the social media tools available, and how aware and useful do they find them when it comes to building their reputations?
• Back to publishers, another article looks at end users in book publishing and how well we understand them, along with a useful case study from Woodhead Publishing.

From the international perspective.

• One article asks if there is an increase in foreign authorship within national journals,
• Another article asks if Chinese journals provide authors with sufficient guidance on ethical issues.

We also have two short pieces looking at fair use/dealing – in the US and the UK, and how different philosophies and laws guide our use of content.

• To start the issue – my editorial (with a deliberately provocative title) asks how well we deal with grey literature – what do you think?

And finally I would like to welcome a new editorial board to the journal – you will find short bios about the new Associate Editors and I look forward to working with them to develop the journal in the next few years.

Pippa Smart
Editor-in-Chief, Learned Publishing
editor@alpsp.org
www.learned-publishing.org
Twitter: @LearnedPublish

Learned Publishing Volume 28 No 3 July 2015 www.learned-publishing.org.

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Here’s a look at the content that appears in the latest issue:

Twenty-five shades of grey
By Pippa Smart

Learned Publishing: new editorial team
By Pippa Smart

New ways of building, showcasing, and measuring scholarly reputation
By David Nicholas, Eti Herman, Hamid Jamali, Blanca Rodreguez-Bravo, Cherifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri, Tom Dobrowolski, and Stephanie Pouchot

Academic publishing career paths – initial research and observations
By Mark Carden

Globalization of national journals: investigating the growth of international authorship
By Ali Gazni

Understanding end-users in academic book publishing
By Francis Dodds

The ethical issues in instructions for authors of Chinese biomedical journals
By Wu Yang and Qiang Zou

Figuring on fair use
By Kevin L. Smith

Fair dealing: a concept in UK copyright law
By Lynette Owen