Category Archives: Publishing

Journal peer review is increasingly challenged – there are no easy solutions, but here’s a few thoughts

Posted on October 18, 2021 by stuartelden

Journal editors struggle to find reviewers; authors face unreasonable delays with their papers being reviewed. Reviewers receive a lot of requests. Peer review is particularly challenged in the present moment. But it has been creaking for a long time. Without … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault Update 29 – Paris, Tübingen and a book on the 1960s

Posted on January 23, 2020 by stuartelden

Since the last update on the writing of this book a couple of months ago, I’ve been continuing work on this manuscript. Some of this was following up on things that I discovered when in Switzerland in November, especially relating to … Continue reading →

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Douglas Armato of University of Minnesota Press on ‘The Value of University Presses’ – statement and discussion

Posted on August 6, 2019 by stuartelden

Douglas Armato of University of Minnesota Press on ‘The Value of University Presses’ – updated statement here; discussion here.

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Open access monographs: perspectives from university presses

Posted on March 25, 2019 by stuartelden

Open access monographs: perspectives from university presses – at WONKHE As Research England formulates a requirement for open access monographs in future Research Excellence Frameworks (REFs), let us consider how university presses publish single-subject, often single-author, scholarly works and participate in … Continue reading →

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Jo van Every – About the Short Guides Series on writing and publishing

Posted on January 2, 2019 by stuartelden

Jo van Every, About the Short Guides Series – an introduction to her series of books about academic writing and publishing. The third volume is due out soon. As I was finalising the third volume in this series of books, my … Continue reading →

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Liz Morrish and Helen Sauntson, Academic Irregularities: Language and Neoliberalism in Higher Education – forthcoming from Routledge

Posted on October 8, 2018 by stuartelden

Liz Morrish and Helen Sauntson, Academic Irregularities: Language and Neoliberalism in Higher Education – forthcoming from Routledge. Announcement on the Academic Irregularities blog, from which I’ve taken the following description: We all know that universities in the UK and elsewhere … Continue reading →

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Open access journals, guest editors, and a new means of exploitation

Posted on September 28, 2018 by stuartelden

I’ve recently turned down an ‘invitation’ to serve as the editor of an article for a new open access journal. It’s actually with a recognised an reputable publisher, rather than these pop-up ones of dubious merit. Given its very broad … Continue reading →

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Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall, The Arctic: What Everyone Needs to Know – OUP 2019

Posted on September 28, 2018 by stuartelden

Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall, The Arctic: What Everyone Needs to Know – OUP 2019 Conversations defining the Arctic region often provoke debate and controversy — for scientists, this lies in the imprecise and imaginary line known as the Arctic … Continue reading →

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Anthem symplokē Studies in Theory – new book series

Posted on August 28, 2018 by stuartelden

Anthem symplokē Studies in Theory – new book series. Enquiries to proposal@anthempress.com

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Things to do and check when putting together a book or thesis manuscript

Posted on May 11, 2018 by stuartelden

This is my list of things I do when pulling together a long manuscript like a book, often from separate files. I tend to delay pulling the separate chapters into a single file or two until quite late, as editing … Continue reading →

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