I received an email from Nova press, NY with a request to provide research or review chapter(s) for a book cooperation within the scope of my research interests. I would be interested, if you have i) experience with this kind of publication and ii) where are the benefits in terms of dissemination and/or citations etc.?
As books usually are not made open access, I do only see a benefit for the publisher as they earn money with this. The authors are not paid for their work and have no share on the revenue... so why should I cooperate? Prestige??
Many thanks for your input,
Richard
Hi,
Generally, it is a good opportunity to publish a chapter in a book, but I think that you should check the publisher, and the rest of the authors who collaborate in this book, carefully, before submitting an article to this edition.
Scientific books are collections of chapters=reviews. Standalone reviews are better in terms of dissemination (and citations). But the words "book" and "chapter" are magic spells. So every sincere academic-ladder climber wants to have a chapter or two in the list of publications. Books are usually not "open access," but they are often "open, sesame."
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