Interview With COPE: How Have Economic Pressures Changed Publishing?

Part 1 - Scholarly Publishing - Economic Impact

Featuring: Elizabeth Wager of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Liz Wager who is the Chair of COPE. As part of a study we have been conducting that examines the changing landscape of scholarly publishing and research misconduct, we asked her about she thinks has changed for publishers over the last few years. In Part 1, we focus on change brought about by the economic atmosphere.

Listen to our discussion (duration: 1 minute, 3 seconds):

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Go to Part 2: How have new technologies affected publishing?

Full series:

• Part 1: HOW HAVE ECONOMIC PRESSURES CHANGED PUBLISHING? Read >
• Part 2: HOW HAS TECHNOLOGY IMPACTED PUBLISHING? Read >
• Part 3: HOW ARE PUBLISHERS ADAPTING TO CHANGE? Read >