Large publishing companies have been dominating scientific publishing for long, which
leads to high subscription fees and inhibited access to scientific knowledge. At digital era …

Open access (OA) publishing has created new academic and economic niches in
contemporary science. OA journals offer numerous publication outlets with varying editorial …

Modern power is bureaucratized power, institutionalized formally through governmental and
non-governmental structures and informally through unwritten social conventions. This …

While open access journals provide readers with articles free of charge through the journals'
networks, authors are required to pay article processing charges to the publishers. This …

The number of open access articles published in hybrid journals has increased recently.
However, there are concerns over the practice of double dipping, when hybrid journals …

In this article, we reflect on the institutional conditions of disciplinary Geography and
geographical knowledge production. While valuing diversity and vitality, we argue that …

Abstract When Political Geography (Quarterly) was established in 1981, the field barely
registered in the international social science community and had become a" moribund …

Purpose While the number of hybrid journals has increased with the conversion from
subscription journals, article processing charges (APCs) have not been examined as …

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 …

There have been a range of protests against the high journal subscription costs, and author
processing charges (APCs) levied for publishing in the more prestigious and commercially …