This post examines why academic-led journal publishing is key to lowering the rising cost of research and the technology that's defining the academic-led publishing movement, including a detailed case study.

DOAJ founder Lars Bjørnshauge and Editor-in-Chief Tom Olijhoek discuss the mission of DOAJ, its journal criteria, and plans for the future.

Founding editor of the Wine Business Case Research Journal, Armand Gilinsky, discusses how he launched the open access journal and how Scholastica has helped them set up a streamlined peer review process with impressive manuscript turnaround times.

One of the primary areas authors will consider before submitting to your academic journal is how you handle copyright. In this blog post, we overview how to best communicate copyright policies to authors.

If you're working on a new open access journal, one of the most important things you can do is seek the advice of editors who are a part of thriving OA publications. Here are a few tenets of successful OA publishing from 4 seasoned editors.

Björn Brembs explains why he believes journal publishing should be upended from the current model, in which institutions pay publishers for access to content, to one in which the academic community pays for services to publish content and retains ownership of research.

Scholars as well as universities, research foundations, and government organizations, are encouraging journals to take steps to make their content more accessible and engaging. As a result, the notion of brand-name journals is changing.

Are you starting an open-access journal? Learn why carving out a niche in the marketplace is critical to standing out to authors and readers in this blog post.

The Scholastica team compiled an infographic of Timothy Gowers' research uncovering how much universities are actually paying for Elsevier journals.

To commemorate Black History Month the Scholastica team released Slavery Stories, an online destination where people can read memoirs of former American slaves.