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Scholarly journal publishing in New Zealand |
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| Authors: | Fytton Rowland |
| Institution: | Loughborough University
Fytton Rowland Department of Information Science Loughborough University Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TA, UK Email: J.F.Rowland@lboro.ac.uk |
| Abstract: | Learned societies and other non‐profit organizations in New Zealand publish scholarly journals in a number of disciplines, many of them subjects in which New Zealand has a particular economic interest. Although most of the journals are small, a surprising number of them have paid, rather than voluntary academic, editors. Some have launched electronic versions, but only one has experimented with open access (OA). In a number of cases this lack of interest in OA is because the society cannot see a business model that would render the society as a whole economically viable. Some of the smallest journals, published only annually, may have the most assured future because their operation is entirely voluntary. |
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