On changes, challenges and collaboration: Introducing a new Editor‐in‐Chief and moving to Open Access

Reichelt, M.; Stewart, Alex

doi:10.1113/ep090859

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“…To address the financial burden of APCs on authors, some editors have collaborated with publishers to offer automatic waivers and discounts for authors from low-and middleincome countries [54]. Other editors have sought to reduce APCs by implementing costsaving measures, such as launching sister journals or seeking institutional funding [55].…”

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Going Open Access: The Attitudes and Actions of Scientific Journal Editors in China

Fu,

Xu,

Fang

et al. 2023

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This study aims to investigate the attitudes and actions of scientific journal editors in China towards open access. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 Chinese editors from various scientific journals during September and October of 2022. The results indicate that the editors generally possess knowledge of open access and have implemented an appropriate open access model for their respective journals. However, the Chinese-language journal editors expressed a lack of motivation to adopt open access, unless there is a reform in the mechanism of academic publishing or a policy is imposed. On the other hand, the English-language journal editors acknowledged that they have no other choice but to adopt open access. This study helps us learn about Chinese editors’ understanding and attitudes towards open access, the current status of open access in China’s scientific journals, and the mechanisms of academic publishing in China.

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Section: Editors' Awareness Towards Oamentioning

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Going Open Access: The Attitudes and Actions of Scientific Journal Editors in China

Fu,

Xu,

Fang

et al. 2023

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“…Surely, the exclusion of redundant words in the title would have pleased the late Langley, and with its focus on integrative translational physiology, it still aligns with Sharpey-Schafer's original vision, for both the journal and wider field of physiology.But perhaps most importantly of all, The Journal of Physiology and Experimental Physiology should no longer be viewed as 'competitive rivals' or 'sisters with issues' . To the contrary, we now view them, jointly with Physiological Reports, as 'synergistic sisters' , representing independent yet complementary brands that collectively serve the wider community by promoting the 'power of physiology' in a modern and more inclusive manner(Adams, 2022;Bailey, 2022;Bailey & Stewart, 2022;Kohl, 2022). Since the founding of The Journal ofPhysiology and Experimental Physiology, hundreds of physiology journals have become established around the world.…”

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Sharpey‐Schafer, Langley and Sherrington: ‘swordsmen’ of physiology. A historical look to the future

Bailey

Berg

Stewart

et al. 2023

Experimental Physiology

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Peer review: the imprimatur of scientific publication

Berg,

Hamilton,

Murray

et al. 2024

Experimental Physiology

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rely on the keen support from expert referees to provide external peer review of submitted manuscripts (Forsythe, 2017). This is a mandatory step in the publication process, as it is in all other established journals within the biomedical and allied sciences. Indeed, even with the digitalization of scientific communication over the past three decades, the peer-reviewed scientific article remains the primary outlet for disseminating research (Nicholas et al., 2015). As physicist John Ziman noted in his widely cited book, Public Knowledge, 'the referee is the lynchpin about which the whole business of Science is pivoted' (Ziman, 1968). Recent significant changes in the publication landscape have posed challenges to conventional academic publishing models, challenges of which we, as editors of The Journal of Physiology and Experimental Physiology, are acutely aware. These changes include the open access model of publishing and the use of preprint servers. Over the last two decades there has been a move from the traditional publishing model to the open access publishing model; the major difference between the two models being that the reader has been replaced by the author as the primary source of income for the publisher. Both the scientific community and the public benefit from this more equitable approach to disseminating science. The use of preprint servers allows researchers to upload manuscripts to disseminate findings before undergoing formalized peer review, in an effort to accelerate the accessibility of research and its wider availability to the public. Both these changes align with policies from UK Research and Innovation, the European Commission and the US White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, which all encourage making publicly funded research results freely and immediately available to both the wider scientific community and the public.In light of these developments, some suggest that the peer review process, and perhaps even the classical scientific journals themselves, will become obsolete (DeMaria, 2023;Lu et al., 2024). Starting in 2025, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the major funding sources of biomedical research programmes, will require its grant holders to make their research publicly available as preprints while, at the same time, all financial support to pay for open access fees to peer-reviewed journals will cease (Lenharo, 2024); these two actions by this influential Foundation will expectedly further advance the move This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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On changes, challenges and collaboration: Introducing a new Editor‐in‐Chief and moving to Open Access

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Going Open Access: The Attitudes and Actions of Scientific Journal Editors in China

Going Open Access: The Attitudes and Actions of Scientific Journal Editors in China

Sharpey‐Schafer, Langley and Sherrington: ‘swordsmen’ of physiology. A historical look to the future

Peer review: the imprimatur of scientific publication

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