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 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

SUBMITTER: Schloss PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5615203 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature