Scholarship as Publication Practice

Self-published Journals: The Example of the Forum Qualitative Social Research (FQS)

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https://doi.org/10.1234/berlinup.v1i3.16

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Open Journal Systems, Publication Process, Open Access, Peer Review

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After the "republic of letters, a phase of intensive exchange between researchers and scholars in the 17th and 18th centuries by letter" (Taubert 2017, p. 127), the disposal of printing presses, which was mostly tied to publishers, regulated the format and distribution of scholarly publications for centuries. With the Internet, options have now emerged that allow researchers to regain control of their own publications by not only working as authors or reviewers, but also by running journals or publishing book series themselves. How does such a self-organized publication practice work? What problems and potential does it entail? – We will try to answer these questions based on our own experiences as editors of an independent Open Access journal.

This article originally apeared in: Erziehungswissenschaft, 2-2018, S. 43-51. https://doi.org/10.3224/ezw.v29i2.06

Author Biographies

  • Katja Mruck, Institute of Qualitative Research

    Head of the Institute for Qualitative Research at the International Academy Berlin gGmbH, Managing Editor FQS.

  • Günter Mey, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences

    Professor of developmental psychology at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, head of the Institute for Qualitative Research at the International Academy Berlin gGmbH and private lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Bayreuth, FQS editor.

  • Florian Muhle, Bielefeld University

    Research associate in the field of Media Sociology/Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Fellow of the 'Young ZiF' at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at Bielefeld University, FQS Editor.

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Dieser Artikel erschien ursprünglich in: Erziehungswissenschaft, 2-2018, S. 43-51. https://doi.org/10.3224/ezw.v29i2.06

Bambey, Doris (2016): Fachliche Publikationskulturen und Open Access. Fächerübergreifende Entwicklungstendenzen und Spezifika der Erziehungswissenschaft und Bildungsforschung. Dissertation, Technische Universität Darmstadt. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-123316 [Zugriff: 13. September 2018].

Koch, Lisa/Mey, Günter/Mruck, Katja (2009): Erfahrungen mit Open Access – ausgewählte Ergebnisse aus der Befragung zum Nutzen und Nutzung von FQS. In: Information, Wissenschaft, Praxis 60, 3, S.291-299. http://eprints.rclis.org/13597/ [Zugriff: 13. September 2018].

Mruck, Katja/Gradmann, Stefan/Mey, Günter (2004): Open Access: Wissenschaft als Öffentliches Gut. In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research 5, 2, Art. 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/fqs-5.2.624.

Taubert, Nils (2017): Formale wissenschaftliche Kommunikation. In: Bonfadelli, H./Fähnrich, B./Lüthje, C./Milde, J./Rhomberg, M./Schäfer, M.S. (Hrsg.): Forschungsfeld Wissenschaftskommunikation. Wiesbaden: Springer, S. 125-139. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29046653

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2022-02-23

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Scholarship as Publication Practice: Self-published Journals: The Example of the Forum Qualitative Social Research (FQS) . (2022). Modellzeitschrift BerlinUP, 1(3), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1234/berlinup.v1i3.16