Posts tagged Open Access
Launching a new open access journal – a challenging start but a bright future

No one could have known when Therapeutic Advances in Rare Disease was launched on Rare Disease Day (February 28th) 2020 that we would soon be plunged into a global pandemic the likes of which had not been seen for a century. There were many times when, perhaps more sensible individuals, would have put this project on hold but we decided to push on. We felt that our new Journal had the potential to make a real difference to the rare disease community and who knew how long the pandemic was going to last!?!

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Interview with Open Access Monograph Author Dr. Bill Edgar

Bailey: I understand that you wrote this monograph with a couple of different audiences in mind. Tell us about your target audiences and how this work addresses their needs.

Bill: We wrote this monograph for two audiences. The first is researchers, primarily faculty members, in management, especially strategic management. The second is key executives, managers, and intellectual leaders within corporations. We intend this monograph to serve both academics and professional managers simultaneously. As we mention in the Introduction, we hope we have made the monograph sufficiently conceptual to support academics’ research on core competencies and sufficiently practical to support managers’ understanding and application of core competencies.

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What is the difference between APCs and page charges? A guide to potential costs associated with publishing your manuscript

As you are getting ready to publish your manuscript and are narrowing in on your journal of choice, you might face a variety of terminology in the submission guidelines about various costs associated with publication. Business models vary journal by journal and publisher by publisher. Here we breakdown the definitions of possible fees you may encounter as you decide to which journal you should submit.

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