Australia has lost 140 journals in a decade. That’s damaging for local research and education

<https://theconversation.com/australia-has-lost-140-journals-in-a-decade-thats-damaging-for-local-research-and-education-177807>

"At least 140 Australian journals ceased publication in the past decade. While
there are still more than 650 Australian journals, 75% of the discontinued ones
served the arts, social sciences and humanities disciplines. The loss of
journals has significant implications for local scholarship.

Journal discontinuation damages research. Scholarly communities and the
discourse that develops around a journal might be lost or damaged. The content
of journals that are the result of the hard work of researchers – publicly
funded work in most cases – is jeopardised.

Our recently published research shows establishing and maintaining journals has
become increasingly challenging. Australian journals need more support from the
higher education and publishing sectors and better strategies for sustainable
editorial and publishing practices."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics