Academic communication, Academic Publishing, Featured, Impact, open access, Public Engagement, Wikipedia
Academic opinions of Wikipedia and open access will improve with more active involvement.
Lu Xiao provides a summary of her research on academic perceptions of Wikipedia and open access publishing. Survey results showed that researchers’ lack of experiences with Wikipedia and/or open access journals negatively affected their perceptions of the open access publishing model. Compared to tenure-track faculty members, instructors and ‘Other’ academic professionals are more likely to believe that academic publishing in […]