I just read the following article from Physics Today called Commentary: On the quality and costs of science publication:
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.4259
I think this article echos some of the concerns for scientific publication, particularly the trad-offs between cost and quality. I started another discussion about 2 months ago looking for a journal in my field with a reasonably high impact factor, but low (or no) publication costs because the availability of funds for this coming year are uncertain..
If I don't have the funds for high quality pay-to-publish journals like AGU, is it better to use a preprint server like arXiv.org (or even Research Gate), or to publish in low impact free journals? Furthermore, should we as scientists be making a conscious and concerted effort to move away from pay-to-publish journals to improve the access to publishing and quality science?
Dear Alex Clay Cushley,
An interesting and important issue. Publishing preprint has its pros and cons like any form of publishing. Preprint can be free, but recognizability on the Internet and recognition to be cited by other researchers may be small. In the absence of financial resources for publishing in magazines payable from Impact Factor, then you need to look for magazines with lower Impact Factor and free. This is the right direction for the development of science and its availability on the Internet. Currently, this process is taking place and will continue for at least several years. For many years, the process of digitizing scientific publications, research works, results of scientific research, diploma thesis and publishing them in online databases of scientific knowledge in open, free access takes place. Perhaps this process will lead to the digitization of 100%. or almost 100% all scientific knowledge until 2030. However, will all of this scientific knowledge be in open access? This question remains unanswered for now. In my opinion, this should happen.
Best wishes
Scientific journals with free publishing
Below I give free, free resources and magazines.
In these magazines, you can publish for free.
Articles published in these journals are entered into many databases of scientific journals indexation, therefore they are characterized by high citation.
These magazines are published electronically in PDF and also in printed version.
Below are the websites of three scientific journals that meet these criteria:
- "International Journal of Innovation in Social Sciences and Engineering" (ISSN 2543-7089):
Social sciences, various humanities and also exact sciences, including social, sociological, economic and other aspects:
https://ijoness.com
https://instytutinnowacji.edu.pl/o-ijoness/
- "International Journal of Legal Studies" (ISSN 2543-7097):
Legal sciences, normative aspects of various issues, various issues described in normative terms:
https://ijols.com
https://instytutinnowacji.edu.pl/ijols-prawo-2/
- "International Journal of Innovation in Social Sciences and Engineering" (ISSN 2543-7089):
Humanities and science, various fields of science, various issues including new technologies, different fields of innovation applications,
various exact sciences and also humanities taking into account technical and technological aspects, technical progress, etc., including security issues,
advanced information processing, applications of new information technologies. Industry 4.0 in various fields of knowledge and industries, including natural sciences, ecology, medicine, biology, environmental protection, etc .:
Also welcome are the texts on innovative solutions typical of the current technological revolution, known as Industry 4.0, in which, among others, the following information technologies are being developed:
Big Data database technologies, cloud computing, machine learning, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, Business Intelligence and other advanced data mining technologies and other computerized information technologies in various applications. Informatized information technologies in various applications, arbitrarily selected examples of areas of economy, industry, natural sciences, including ecology, environmental protection, geology, biology, medicine, but also astronautics, robotics, computer science, energy, including innovative solutions in the field of renewable energy sources , global warming issues, greenhouse gas emissions, etc.
In addition, other aspects of innovation in various fields of knowledge, science and potential applications:
https://instytutinnowacji.edu.pl/ijisse-innowacje/
e-mail address of the International Journal of Innovation in Social Sciences and Engineering (ISSN 2543-7089):
Please send me your suggestions for publication with an indication of which of the above-mentioned three magazines you are directing your article.
The Editorial Board accepts texts for publication written in English or Polish or Russian.
More information regarding the editorial requirements can be found on the website of the International Institute of Innovation in Warsaw - in the file: "EDITORIAL REQUIREMENTS and the pattern of article development".
www.instytutinnowacji.edu.pl
Articles that meet these requirements will be published in the indicated one of the above three magazines (respectively in terms of social, economic, management, legal, innovation, technology, safety, life sciences, etc.).
The editorial office does not charge any fees for the entire publishing process and publication of articles.
I invite you to cooperation
Best wishes
PhD Dariusz Prokopowicz
Professor (Assistant)
Chairman of the Program Board, Head of the Innovation Department
Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal:
"International Journal of Innovation in Social Sciences and Engineering" (ISSN 2543-7089)
International Institute of Innovation "Science - Education - Development" in Warsaw
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I personally like the EU's approach, which has been to provide free publishing in reputable European journals, which are maintained as open access. It is like the US government agreeing to cover the publication costs for all AGU publications on the condition that they be open access (regardless of nationality). Never going to happen in the US, but we can dream. Most grants from funding bodies in Canada these days require that publications be open access (NSERC for example); however, these grants also allow for some funds to be requested to cover publication costs. The barrier here being that you only get government publication support if you can get a moderate to large grant, creating a barrier to entry.
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