The Publishing Landscape: It’s the “Wild West” Out There

Volume 44 number 2 (2016)

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John R. Percy

Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada; john.percy@utoronto.ca

Abstract

A good journal is one whose publishers facilitate and guard the editorial process, including the peer-reviewing or refereeing, to ensure that the journal content is of the highest quality—correct, appropriate, and original. It is one whose editors are committed to their work and whose editorial board members are genuinely interested in supporting and improving the quality and reach of the journal.