TY - JOUR
T1 - The vital importance of being open
T2 - reflections on peer reviewing in scholarly publishing
AU - Kallio, Kirsi Pauliina
N1 - Funding Information:
I want to thank Chris Philo for inviting me to write this commentary and the anonymous referee whose constructive comments helped me to improve the text. I am also grateful to the Geographical Society of Finland for their full support of Fennia’s ‘open agenda’ that I have been able to develop as the Editor-in-Chief, as well as to the Federation of Learned Societies that has supported this development as part of non-commercial open publishing in Finland. The paper was written as part of two research projects funded by the Academy of Finland (SA339833, SA347374).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This position paper reflects upon the publication policies and practices of the Scottish Geographical Journal (SGJ), as presented by the new editorial team in their introductory editorial ‘‘In the critical department’: refreshing the Scottish Geographical Journal’ (Philo, C., Hurst, M., Laurie, E., & Thomas, R. (2022). ‘In the Critical Department’: Refreshing the Scottish Geographical Journal. Scottish Geographical Journal, 138(1-2), 1–15). Specifically, the focus is on alternative, open peer review practices that the journal has considered as one opportunity to emphasise mutual respect between scholars and substantial research quality, vis-à-vis aggression and Journal Impact Factors. The paper draws from the author’s own experiences as science editor, from her activities in science policy, and from networks in non-commercial open access publishing often referred to as diamond or platinum OA.
AB - This position paper reflects upon the publication policies and practices of the Scottish Geographical Journal (SGJ), as presented by the new editorial team in their introductory editorial ‘‘In the critical department’: refreshing the Scottish Geographical Journal’ (Philo, C., Hurst, M., Laurie, E., & Thomas, R. (2022). ‘In the Critical Department’: Refreshing the Scottish Geographical Journal. Scottish Geographical Journal, 138(1-2), 1–15). Specifically, the focus is on alternative, open peer review practices that the journal has considered as one opportunity to emphasise mutual respect between scholars and substantial research quality, vis-à-vis aggression and Journal Impact Factors. The paper draws from the author’s own experiences as science editor, from her activities in science policy, and from networks in non-commercial open access publishing often referred to as diamond or platinum OA.
KW - alternative scholarly publishing
KW - diamond open access
KW - Open peer review
KW - platinum open access
U2 - 10.1080/14702541.2023.2187447
DO - 10.1080/14702541.2023.2187447
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85150614261
SN - 1470-2541
VL - 139
SP - 150
EP - 159
JO - SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL
JF - SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL
IS - 1-2
ER -