What is it about?
In providing a supportive and sustainable research environment, the institution has a key role to play in scholarly publishing. From assisting researchers through the maze of publishing options, open access, communicating with specialist audiences to acting as an auditor for funders and protector of the ‘unpublished’ research, they perform a pivotal role in research communication. This piece looks at how the multiple roles of the institution in scholarly publishing impact researchers.
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Why is it important?
The role of institutional support for research communication is often overlooked in a world that sees this as the responsibility of researchers and publishers. This piece highlights the many and varied roles that an institution can play to support, enhance and contribute to more effective scholarly communication.
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I really loved writing this piece - there was so much more that I could say in each heading, and so many more headings I could have added. I'm really grateful to the editors for the extra space they allocated for this piece. It is, perhaps, natural that someone heading an Office for Scholarly Communication should be excited about the role institutions play in this process but this article highlights the variety, tension and challenges that such a role addresses.
Sarah Slowe
University of Kent
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This page is a summary of: The role of the institution in scholarly publishing, Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, December 2018, Portland Press Ltd.,
DOI: 10.1042/etls20180141.
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