Introduction to Scholarly Publishing

Introduction to scholarly

publishing

July 2016, Dublin

Miss Rupal Malde, Publisher, Food Science Journals

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Peer-reviewed journal growth 1990-2013

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Scholarly publishing today

Scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing

2,000 STM publishers

1.4 million

peer-reviewed

articles

20,000

peer-reviewed

journals

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Role of scientific publications

Registration

The timestamp to officially note who submitted scientific results first

Certification

Perform peer-review to ensure the validity and integrity of submissions

Dissemination

• Provide a medium for discoveries and findings to be shared

Preservation

• Preserving the minutes and record of science for posterity

Innovation

• Electronic submissions systems, online platforms, new types of journals

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Who publishers serve

Elsevier’s global

publishing network

7,000 editors

70,000 editorial

board members

570,000+ reviewers

650,000+ authors

Researchers

Health practitioners

Faculty and students

Pharma companies

Librarians

Societies

Engineers

Professionals

General public

Publishers support the greater scientific and health communities

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Global expansion of scientific research

- years 2000 to 2015

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Ireland: expansion of scientific research

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The journal publishing cycle

Solicit and

manage

submissions

Manage

peer review

Edit and

prepare

Archive and

promote use

Publish and

disseminate

Production

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Peer review

Helps to determine the quality,

validity, significance, and originality

of research

Helps to improve the quality of

papers

Publishers are outside the

academic process and are not

prone to prejudice or favour

Publishers facilitate the review

process by investing in online

review systems and providing tools

to help Editors and Reviewers

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Solicit and

manage

submissions

Manage

peer review

Edit and

prepare

Archive and

promote use

Publish and

disseminate

Production

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Journal article production

Preprint

Author submits manuscript

Manuscript accepted

Document proof

Copy editing, Author proofing, preparation

for publishing

Published journal article

Logo, pagination, branding

Electronic Warehouse

Published as print, HTML or PDF copy

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Solicit and

manage

submissions

Manage

peer review

Edit and

prepare

Archive and

promote use

Publish and

disseminate

Production

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Methods of dissemination

Traditional print journals

and

Electronic journal platformslike Elsevier’s ScienceDirect

improve online dissemination and

access

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Other publishing models

Authors publish free of charge

Institutions or individuals subscribe

to journals

Traditional publishing

More about this later in my talk

Open access publishing

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Solicit and

manage

submissions

Manage

peer review

Edit and

prepare

Archive and

promote use

Publish and

disseminate

Production

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Promoting research

Promotion of research

Conferences

Newsletters

Alerts

Abstracting and indexing databases