Hijacked journals: what they are and how to avoid them
Hijacked journals are duplicate or fake websites of legitimate ones utilizing the title, ISSN and other information of the reputable journal. They are often created by »
The impact of Open Access on the Peer Review process – what have we learnt so far?
Publons' Global State of Peer Review 2018 is here! Far-reaching and pulling no punches, this largescale report assesses the lay of the research landscape to improve »
Attn all authors: provide feedback to your peer reviewers
Peer reviewers spend countless hours enhancing the quality of scholarly communication. Now, you can thank those who go above and beyond with our new ‘Author feedback’ »
Who's using open peer review?
The 10th annual International Open Access Week kicked off on Monday, celebrating the benefits of opening up access to research and scholarship. Open Access refers to »
Publons Update 8 - January 24th 2014
Well, hello and welcome again! Time for some updates from the Publons world. Publons news It's been an exciting few weeks, and we have some great »
Review Is the Key to Open Access
This is a cross-post of a guest blog we did for Open Access Week, originally published at Creative Commons NZ. A favourite ploy among unsolicited email »
Publons: the future of academic publishing?
The academic publishing system is broken. It is slow, expensive, and closed in an age that has the technology and the will to make it fast, »