Some very interesting discussion – both from a Sociology journal in the main part of the post; and some reflections from an international relations perspective at the end.
Following earlier interviews with Editors at Ethics & Global Politics and the newly open Cultural Anthropology, we present yet another insight into how to do open access, this time with Professor Kim Weeden of Cornell, a Deputy Editor of the new open access journal Sociological Science, which launched earlier this year. As the name suggests, this is a sociology journal (and a ‘general interest’ one at that), indicating yet another field in which open access is being taken seriously whilst International Relations languishes (not withstanding para-IR examples like Ethics & Global Politics and our friends at the Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies). So what can we learn from the Sociological Science model? As usual, I’ve stuck some thoughts on at the end.
1. Who initiated Sociological Science, and why?
Dissatisfaction with the traditional publication process, and in particular the peer review system, has been festering in…
View original post 2,958 more words
