In the latest development, more than 5 million theses and dissertations are now available in Web of Science’s theses database. Two years ago, Clarivate Analytics acquired ProQuest, a leading provider of educational technology solutions. With a deal worth USD 5.3 billion, it is considered one of the largest mergers between scholarly entities. The acquisition also means … Read more
Introduction A year on, and it’s about time for us to find out the largest publishers in the world. Which companies come out on top? The focus in identifying the biggest companies will be on publishers involved in commercial and academic publishing, where they publish and disseminate books, journals, educational publications, information products, and others, … Read more
We previously covered predatory journals: what they are, their threat to academic publishing and how we can identify and avoid publishing in predatory journals. To recap, a predatory journal charges publishing fees to authors but does not provide the level of quality practice of legitimate academic journals. It also prioritizes profit over the quality and … Read more
Introduction There are a few valuable lessons from John Grisham that we can learn. Grisham is an American author best known for his best-selling novels, mainly in the thrillers genre. I fondly remember watching The Firm movie, a critical and commercial success motion picture adapted from Grisham’s namesake novel starring, among others, Tom Cruise, Gene … Read more
Predatory journals are a real menace in academic publishing. Having first appeared in the early 2000s, the number of predatory journals continues to increase and today becomes a major concern among researchers and genuine academic publishers. There are tens of thousands of academic journals in the world today, and predatory journals possibly make up as … Read more