From: Anthony <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 10:12:54 +0000 I appreciate that this will not be accepted for posting until the end of the holiday season but I am sending on this notification because of recent correspondence on various lists about the lack of reputable open access journals in information science and publishing especially journals that cover scholarly communication. PUBLICATIONS is a reputable journal with a serious peer review process. I am on the editorial board and have been involved in some the peer review. Dr Alan Singleton, who will be known to some of you as the former editor of Learned Publishing, has edited the journal during the past year. Yes I suspect it is little known. Getting brands recognised is not easy. Anthony *From:* MDPI – Office of the Publisher [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *Sent:* 23 December 2016 21:14 *To:* [log in to unmask] *Subject:* Publications, Volume 4, Issue 4 (December 2016) Released [image: publications-logo] <http://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications/?utm_source=logo_journal&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_publications> [image: www.mdpi.com] <http://www.mdpi.com/?utm_source=mdpi_logo_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=%7bcampaing_name%7Cdefault('')%7d> ------------------------------ Dear Readers, We are pleased to announce the publication of the following issue of *Publications*: *Publications*, Volume 4, Issue 4 (December 2016) <http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/4/4/?utm_source=issue_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_publications> Table of Contents *Special Issue* Current Operational Issues in Open Access <http://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications/special_issues/current_operational_issues_OA> Essay: *Open Access in Context: Connecting Authors, Publications and Workflows Using ORCID Identifiers <http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/4/4/30/>* by Josh Brown, Tom Demeranville and Alice Meadows *Publications* *2016*, *4*(4), 30; doi:10.3390/publications4040030 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/publications4040030> Article: *Research Articles about Open Access Indexed by Scopus: A Content Analysis <http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/4/4/31/>* by Rosângela Schwarz Rodrigues, Vitor Taga and Mariana Faustino dos Passos *Publications* *2016*, *4*(4), 31; doi:10.3390/publications4040031 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/publications4040031> *Special Issue* Digital Publishing - Transformations <http://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications/special_issues/digital_publishing_transformations> Article: *Think of It as a Trailer… for a Book <http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/4/4/32/>* by Ed Vollans *Publications* *2016*, *4*(4), 32; doi:10.3390/publications4040032 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/publications4040032> *Further Publications* Opinion: *A Middle-of-the-Road Proposal amid the Sci-Hub Controversy: Share “Unofficial” Copies of Articles without Embargo, Legally <http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/4/4/29/>* by Xiaotian Chen *Publications* *2016*, *4*(4), 29; doi:10.3390/publications4040029 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/publications4040029> Editorial: *…Plus la Même Chose… <http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/4/4/33/>* by Alan Singleton *Publications* *2016*, *4*(4), 33; doi:10.3390/publications4040033 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/publications4040033> Special Issues Open for Submissions *Ethics of Peer Review <http://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications/special_issues/peer_review>* (Deadline: 31 March 2017) To access the full list of Special Issues, please click here <http://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications/special_issues> To manage your journal subscriptions, please log in to http://susy.mdpi.com/user/subscriptions. MDPI AG Postfach, CH-4020 Basel, Switzerland Office: St. Alban-Anlage 66, CH-4052 Basel, Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 <+41%2061%20683%2077%2034> Fax +41 61 302 89 18 <+41%2061%20302%2089%2018> www.mdpi.com <http://www.mdpi.com/?utm_source=mdpi_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=> [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/MDPIOpenAccess/>[image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/MDPIOpenAccessPublishing>[image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/mdpi/>[image: Google+] <https://plus.google.com/+MdpiOA/posts>