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Re-Emerging Scientific Conferences After The Covid-19 Pandemic

In early 2020 when the pandemic struck, many scholarly societies began to look for ways to hold their scientific conference online.

From Predatory Publishing To Trusted Publishers

The term « predatory publishing » was first used by Jeffrey Beall, an academic who created and maintained a list of potential, possible, or probable predatory journals on his university website.

Academic book self-publishing – new trend in scholarly publishing industry

Woman preparing a book for self-publishing with Sciendo

Academic self-publishing is a major new trend in scientific and academic publishing. Across all genres of book, the number of self-published books has grown rapidly in recent years and now represents over 30% of all e-book sales.

The Article Processing Charge model: what are the benefits it brings to journals co-operating with Sciendo?

Article Processing Charge model logotype

Over the last decade Article Processing Charge (APC) has become the main business model for Open Access journals, especially those with commercial publishers.

Benefits of publishing your book in an Open Access model

The number of peer reviewed academic books published in an Open Access model has grown strongly over the past few years. In this article, we summarise what the research says about the major benefits of publishing academic books as Open Access.

The History of Open Access

Open Access publishing first emerged during the late 1980s and early 1990s when academic self-publishing online became possible using email, newsgroups, and the internet.

Interview with Authors of Learning Analytics: a Metacognitive Tool to Engage Students

Th authors of the book "Learning Analytics: a Metacognitive Tool to Engage Students"

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Press release: Learning Analytics: a Metacognitive Tool to Engage Students

The cover of the "Learning Analytics" book by Prof. Volungevičienė, Prof. Teresevičienė, and Prof. Trepulė

The presented study is the result of the research project ‘Open Online Learning for Digital and Networked Society (3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0189)’, funded by the European Social Fund according to the activity ‘Improvement of researchers’ qualification by implementing world-class R&D projects’ of Measure No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712 under the grant agreement with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT).

Benefits of publishing in an open access journal

Open access publishing is gaining popularity worldwide. Diffusing research findings in an open access journal offers many benefits to academic authors and institutions, which we will discuss in this article.

How to ensure the originality of your paper and avoid plagiarism

The research process expects ethical behaviour and good practice. As plagiarism and self-plagiarism are on the increase, scientific publishers are using software to detect these instances of scientific misconduct.