pengzell.bsky.socialWhat are your favorite success stories of journals breaking away from for-profit publishers to launch under an open model?
Florian SchulzIt’s great! Were they with a different publisher before though?
Thanks! What do you mean by relaunch? Was the previous journal under a different name?
@per #JFR started in 1989 as a printed journal for German speaking family researchers. In 2020, we finally dropped the German title, started to publish in English only, online only and platinum #openaccess only. — We have some notes on our history on the website: https://ubp.uni-bamberg.de/jfr/index.php/jfr/about#history
Fabulous, thanks for clarification and link
Florian, I notice the journal is OA and has no publication fees. Could you tell me more about the funding model?
@per Editing the Journal of Family Research is part of the yearly working program of the State Institute for Family Research at the University of Bamberg (https://ifb.bayern.de/english/institute/index.php). Publishing is supported by the University of Bamberg Press (https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/ubp/). Naturally, #JFR benefits A LOT from the voluntary contributions of all editors and reviewers. #JFamRes #openaccess #OpenScience