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WANTED: A dynamic, ambitious Editor and Editorial Board members are being sought to support the launch of a progressive, open access publisher - Social Sciences Directory.
Social Sciences Directory has been established to address many of the issues facing information provision in the academic sector. These issues include:
• Loss of copyright ownership by authors
• Inflated subscription and annual percentage increases charged by traditional publishers
• The slowness and loss of valuable material through the peer review process
• Fees based on legacy pricing
• The proliferation of publishing output
The global financial crisis and subsequent budget cuts have made the existing model of subscriptions unsustainable. At the same time, for researchers and students raised in the digital era and used to performing keyword searches on databases of content, the notion of scholarly books and journal titles will increasingly become an anachronism. Social Sciences Directory is an encyclopaedic database of research and other content focused on the social sciences, such as:
• Peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters
• Case studies
• Datasets
• Presentations
• Conference proceedings
• Postgraduate dissertations
• Online forums and discussion groups via our blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
• Links to other relevant content such as interviews, news reports, op-eds, video and audio clips
The benefits for researchers, students, librarians and consortia:
• Speed of publication
• Simplified search format
• Low cost base and affordability
• Use of Open Journal Source software
• Publication of additional material - offering a one stop shop for resources
• Securing revenue in advance of publication rather than trying to recoup costs through subscription
• Unlimited numbers of articles
• Retention of copyright by authors
• Unrestricted access to content
For more information, please visit our website, or you can take a look at a presentation or brochure. Social Sciences Directory charges a fee of £100/US$150/€240 (+VAT) for peer reviewed content. Alternatively, an Institutional Membership of £2,000/US$3,000/€2,400 (+VAT) allows unlimited numbers of submissions for a twelve month period. Other material that does not require full peer review can be submitted for free and will be published subject to editorial approval.
If you feel you can help and/or would like to be involved, please get in touch.
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