The State of Journal Publishing: Elsevier vs Academics
Loss of the Journal of Asian Economics to a takeover by Elsevier and less than encouraging responses from other publishers to inquiries about starting a new journal prompt these remarks. Why did the...
View ArticleThe State of Journal Publishing: Barriers to Entry
Starting a new journal has never been easy, but in recent years it has gotten very much harder. This is the sad reality the American Committee on Asian Economic Studies (ACAES) came up against in its...
View ArticleThe State of Journal Publishing: Elsevier on Gender
The dominant publisher of economics journals suffers from a dearth of women among its top tier editors. The underlying problem is that academics are not making the selections; rather, the choices are...
View ArticleNudging Asian Economists toward Open Access
The mechanisms by which research findings are disseminated and gain influence are changing. Yet the metrics by which we assess scholarly contribution are lodged in the past, particularly among...
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