`Cracks' in the scholarly communications system: Insights from a longitudinal international study of early career researchers

Authors

• David Nicholas
• Cherifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri
• Blanca Rodriguez-Bravo
• Eti Herman
• Abdullah AbrizahFollow
• David Clark
• Galina Serbina
• David Sims
• Marzena Swigon
• Jie Xu
• Anthony Watkinson
• Hamid R. Jamali
• Carol Tenopir
• Suzie Allard

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2023

Abstract

Key points170 early career researchers interviewed three times over 2 years, have uniquely contributed towards a stress test of scholarly communications and cracks have been identified.The perfect storm created by the convergence of millennial values and the pandemic appears to have fast-forwarded the cracking process, perhaps, for the good.The cracks in question are: (1) peer review; (2) reputational assessment; (3) unethical/questionable practices; (4) collaboration; (5) networking.

Keywords

Early Career Researchers, Pandemic, Scholarly Communications

Publication Title

Learned Publishing

Recommended Citation

Nicholas, David; Boukacem-Zeghmouri, Cherifa; Rodriguez-Bravo, Blanca; Herman, Eti; Abrizah, Abdullah; Clark, David; Serbina, Galina; Sims, David; Swigon, Marzena; Xu, Jie; Watkinson, Anthony; Jamali, Hamid R.; Tenopir, Carol; and Allard, Suzie, "`Cracks' in the scholarly communications system: Insights from a longitudinal international study of early career researchers" (2023). Research Publications (2021 to 2025). 2813.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_2021_2025/2813

Divisions

library

Volume

36

Issue

2

Publisher Location

111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA