The Twin Dilemma

Successfully Operating a Scholar-Led Journal to Enable Discourse and Empower Researcher Development

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7557/5.5582
Keywords: diamond open access, scholar-led publishing, researcher development, academic-labour

Abstract

The paper will explore the configuration of a long-running and successful scholar-led, diamond open-access, interdisciplinary journal published by the University of Warwick, which combines knowledge dissemination with contributor developmental goals. Drawing on experiential data, it provides ethnographic insights into the mutually beneficial outcomes derived from recruiting post-graduate researcher ‘associate editors’ to work on the title. It also problematises the balance between potentially exploitative, collaborative editorial production within the context of necessary academic immaterial labour required to operate an interdisciplinary scholar-led title.

Author Biography

Gareth Johnson, University of Warwick

Based at the University of Warwick, Gareth has been Managing Editor-in-Chief of the scholar-led, interdisciplinary Exchanges journal since early 2018. Possessing a doctorate in cultural academic publishing practices, his prior career includes extensive experience managing collaborative regional partnerships, as well as working in academic library and applied research roles. His research interests focus on power-relationships extant in the evolving scholarly academic publication practices, viewed from within social theory and political economic frameworks.

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Published
2020-09-22
Issue
No 4 (2020): The 15th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing 2020
Section
Presentations

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