Book Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Australia, Part One: Understanding Institutional Pressures and the Funding Context

IF 1.2 4区管理学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Scholarly Publishing Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.3138/JSP.52.2.01

Agata Mrva-Montoya, E. Luca

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Abstract:This is part one of a two-part study on the publishing behaviours of academics in the humanities and social sciences (HSS) at Australian universities. Our data consist of semi-structured interviews with twenty-one participants. Part one explores how current institutional pressures and the research funding environment are shaping academics' book publishing practices. In particular, we attend to the growing concerns of academics relating to the measurement and ranking of universities, which are driving performance expectations for publishing, and we examine how this trend is influenced by changes in governmental policy and the requirements of funding bodies. We found that Australian HSS academics face increasing pressure to publish journal articles rather than books, to publish books with prestigious international publishers, and to secure external funding for their research. These pressures could restrict their scholarly autonomy or even influence their research agenda. We contend that these developments have concerning implications for HSS in Australia.

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澳大利亚人文社会科学领域的图书出版，第一部分:理解制度压力和资助背景

摘要:本文是澳大利亚大学人文社会科学(HSS)学者发表行为研究的第一部分。我们的数据由21位参与者的半结构化访谈组成。第一部分探讨了当前的制度压力和研究资助环境如何影响学者的图书出版实践。我们特别关注学术界对大学评估和排名的日益关注，这推动了对出版的表现期望，我们研究了这种趋势是如何受到政府政策变化和资助机构要求的影响的。我们发现，澳大利亚HSS学者面临着越来越大的压力，他们要发表期刊文章而不是出版书籍，要与国际知名出版商合作出版书籍，还要为他们的研究获得外部资助。这些压力可能会限制他们的学术自主权，甚至影响他们的研究议程。我们认为，这些发展对澳大利亚的HSS有影响。

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Journal of Scholarly Publishing Multiple-

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

15.40%

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期刊介绍： For more than 40 years, the Journal of Scholarly Publishing has been the authoritative voice of academic publishing. The journal combines philosophical analysis with practical advice and aspires to explain, argue, discuss, and question the large collection of new topics that continually arise in the publishing field. JSP has also examined the future of scholarly publishing, scholarship on the web, digitization, copyright, editorial policies, computer applications, marketing, and pricing models. It is the indispensable resource for academics and publishers that addresses the new challenges resulting from changes in technology and funding and from innovations in production and publishing.