From: Diane Scott-Lichter <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 18:04:51 -0400 Should multiple simultaneous submissions be the norm? Latest issue of Learned Publishing now out Author and consultant orthopaedic surgeon Malhar Kumar believes they should, and are not unethical- might make publishers apoplectic, but Kalmar does know the arguments against, and tries to refute them – see what you think. Also in the July issue of Learned Publishing are the following articles: Ø Lay summaries of open access journal articles: engaging with the general public on medical research by Emily Nunn and Stephen Pinfield Ø Evaluating information seeking and use in the changing virtual world: the emerging role of Google Analytics by D.J. Clark, David Nicholas and Hamid R. Jamali Ø An examination of two Indian megajournals by Jingfeng Xia Ø Quality of author guidelines of journals in the biomedical and physical sciences by Remya Nambiar, Priyanka Tilak and Clarinda Cerejo Ø Barriers and opportunities for research in publishing studies by Alison Baverstock and Jackie Steinitz Ø Toward a scalable and sustainable approach to open access publishing and archiving for humanities and social sciences societies: a proposal by Rebecca Kennison and Lisa Norberg Ø An imbalanced journal publishing market by Jingfeng Xia See you in 3 months Alan Singleton Editor-in-Chief Learned Publishing [log in to unmask] --------------------------------- Learned Publishing Volume 27 No 3 July 2014 - www.learned-publishing.org All articles are free to all ALPSP and SSP members and to journal subscribers; in addition, editorials, reviews and letters to the Editors, as well as any articles where the author has taken up the 'ALPSP Author Choice' OA option, are now free to all. If you would like to receive an email alert or RSS feed every time a new issue goes online, all you have to do is sign up at http://alpsp.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp ALPSP members - please log in to the ALPSP website to access the full content. SSP members - please log in to the member center on the SSP website to access the full content.