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April Issue of Learned Publishing Just Posted

April 23, 2015 – The April issue of Learned Publishing is now published, and we have some excellent articles looking at the promise (but possible let-down) of post-publication review, as well as comparisons of other peer review developments and further updates on the work of independent editors and the work of the European Publishers Council on copyright issues across the EU, not to mention articles discussing readers, libraries, and authors (and of course, predatory publishers). We have a great article about the work of the CASRAI working group and the CRediT (contributor role taxonomy) schema ​that hopes to improve recognition and attribution of authors. And another from Tenopir, King, Christian, and Volentine reporting their ongoing research into scholarly article seeking, reading, and use (ongoing since 1977!)—which fortunately for us reveals that articles are still core to the work of academics, but there are notable changes in behaviour that can be tracked across the past 35 years. And finally, for those publishers still dithering about inclusion of their material in discovery systems, the article by Graham Stone should dispel all doubts and get you signing up.

With book reviews, an article on bibliometrics, and an industry update about JournalGuide, there should be enough for a good weekend read…

Remember the special issue scheduled for January 2016 on peer review— we are looking for original research, reviews, opinions, and case studies, so please get writing!

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

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In the April issue of Learned Publishing:

The evolving landscape
By Judy Luther

Emerging new methods of peer review in scholarly journals
By Bo-Christer Björk and Turid Hedlund

Scholarly article seeking, reading, and use: A continuing evolution from print to electronic in the sciences and social sciences
By Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King, Lisa Christian, and Rachel Volentine

The benefits of resource discovery for publishers: A librarian’s view
By Graham Stone

Counterpoints about predatory open access and knowledge publishing in Africa
By Williams Ezinwa Nwagwu

How the role of the independent editor is changing in relation to traditional and self-publishing
By Alison Baverstock, Robert Blackburn, and Marfuga Iskandarova

The citation evolution law of papers published in the same year but different month
By Shuang-Shuang Gai, Xue-Li Liu, Shi-Le Zhang, and Rui-Yuan Liu

European Publishers Council: Making copyright work on the Web
By Angela Mills Wade

The promise of post-publication peer review: How do we get there from here?
By Margaret Winker

JournalGuide: Bringing authors and journals together
By Benjamin Mudrak

Beyond authorship: Attribution, contribution, collaboration, and credit
By Amy Brand, Liz Allen, Micah Altman, Marjorie Hlava, Jo Scott

Book Reviews

Publishing and the Advancement of Science: From Selfish Genes to Galileo’s Finger
Review by Anthony Watkinson

The Future of the Academic Journal, 2nd edn
Review by Anthony Watkinson

Selling Rights, 7th edn
Review by Sue Mattingley

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