Learned Societies as Publishers

What I learned from predatory publishers

This article is a first-hand account of the author's work identifying and listing predatory publishers from 2012 to 2017. Predatory publishers use the gold (author pays) open access model and aim to generate as much revenue as possible, often foregoing a proper peer review. The paper details how predatory publishers came to exist and shows how they were largely enabled and condoned by the open-...

Virtual Organisations as Agent Societies

We propose a formal agent-based model for VOs in grid/service-oriented architectures, and an operational model for the creation of VOs. The models abstract away from any realisation choice and can be deployed within different agent systems. Within the proposed models, VOs are seen as emerging from societies of agents, where agents are abstractly characterised by goals and roles they can play wi...

Software Publishers

Nature of the Industry All organizations today rely on computer and information technology to conduct business and operate more efficiently. Computer software is needed to operate and protect computer systems and networks. Some 8,200 establishments are engaged primarily in computer software publishing or publishing and reproduction. Software publishing establishments carry out operations necess...

Societies Thrive as Economic Freedom Grows

SOCIETIES THRIVE AS ECONOMIC FREEDOM GROWS F more than two decades, the Index of Economic Freedom has documented the vital role of economic freedom in promoting human progress. People living in nations with higher degrees of economic freedom prosper because their governments rely on systems of free markets to regulate economic activity. At their best, operating without interference, free market...

Digital Libraries as Phenotypes for Digital Societies