Support Science by Publishing in Scientific Society Journals

ABSTRACT Scientific societies provide numerous services to the scientific enterprise, including convening meetings, publishing journals, developing scientific programs, advocating for science, promoting education, providing cohesion and direction for the discipline, and more. For most scientific soc...

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Autores principales:	Patrick D. Schloss, Mark Johnston, Arturo Casadevall
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2017
Materias:	journal publication societies Microbiology QR1-502
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/087c78085ef149e48200c8487d1a4bf9
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:087c78085ef149e48200c8487d1a4bf92021-11-15T15:51:52ZSupport Science by Publishing in Scientific Society Journals10.1128/mBio.01633-172150-7511https://doaj.org/article/087c78085ef149e48200c8487d1a4bf92017-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01633-17https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT Scientific societies provide numerous services to the scientific enterprise, including convening meetings, publishing journals, developing scientific programs, advocating for science, promoting education, providing cohesion and direction for the discipline, and more. For most scientific societies, publishing provides revenues that support these important activities. In recent decades, the proportion of papers on microbiology published in scientific society journals has declined. This is largely due to two competing pressures: authors’ drive to publish in “glam journals”—those with high journal impact factors—and the availability of “mega journals,” which offer speedy publication of articles regardless of their potential impact. The decline in submissions to scientific society journals and the lack of enthusiasm on the part of many scientists to publish in them should be matters of serious concern to all scientists because they impact the service that scientific societies can provide to their members and to science.Patrick D. SchlossMark JohnstonArturo CasadevallAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticlejournalpublicationsocietiesMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 8, Iss 5 (2017)
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description	ABSTRACT Scientific societies provide numerous services to the scientific enterprise, including convening meetings, publishing journals, developing scientific programs, advocating for science, promoting education, providing cohesion and direction for the discipline, and more. For most scientific societies, publishing provides revenues that support these important activities. In recent decades, the proportion of papers on microbiology published in scientific society journals has declined. This is largely due to two competing pressures: authors’ drive to publish in “glam journals”—those with high journal impact factors—and the availability of “mega journals,” which offer speedy publication of articles regardless of their potential impact. The decline in submissions to scientific society journals and the lack of enthusiasm on the part of many scientists to publish in them should be matters of serious concern to all scientists because they impact the service that scientific societies can provide to their members and to science.
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