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Opening the record of science: making scholarly publishing work for science in the digital era
Efficient access to the record of science – for authors and for readers – is essential for science and society. This ISC Report examines the current landscape of scholarly publishing, explores future trends and proposes seven principles for scientific and scholarly publishing.
The Summary of ‘Opening the Record of Science’ is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian.
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Business models and market structure within the scholarly communications sector
An ISC-Commissioned Occasional Paper exploring the implications of current business models for scientific publishing.
Strengthening research integrity: The role and responsibilities of publishing
An ISC-Commissioned Occasional paper on how publishing and the processes involved in publishing can – and should – enhance research integrity.
The normalization of preprints
This ISC-Commissioned Occasional Paper looks at the history of the preprint, its advantages and potential disadvantages, and concludes with some recommendations for how the growing acceptance of preprint posting should be handled within academia, and the changes in cultural norms that this entails.
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