Ethical Publishing in Biodiversity Conservation Science

Autor: Diogo Veríssimo, Thomas Pienkowski, Melissa Arias, Laure Cugnière, Hunter Doughty, Mirjam Hazenbosch, Emiel de Lange, Annalyse Moskeland, Molly Grace
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Conservation & Society, Vol 18, Iss 3, Pp 220-225 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0972-4923
DOI: 10.4103/cs.cs_19_56
Popis: For many researchers, particularly in academia, publishing in peer-reviewed journals is a necessity, with major implications for their career progression. Yet, it is increasingly recognised that the current scientific publishing model is not fair and equitable, which can have severe consequences for the way science is accessed and used in nature conservation. We evaluated the publishing model of 426 conservation science journals against the Fair Open Access (FOA) principles. Two-thirds of journals, together publishing nearly half of all articles, complied with only two or fewer FOA principles. Only twenty journals (5%), publishing 485 articles per year (
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals