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• admin 5:43 pm on October 31, 2013 Permalink  

  Why Macrothink Institute Embraced Open Access Journal Publishing 

  Macrothink Institute (Twitter) is a relatively new private organization and scholarly publisher. It aims at significantly contributing to scientific developments through digital journals. Unlike their paper-based counterparts, digital journals are efficient, inexpensive and eco-friendly. Digitalized journals also enable the institute to share researchers’ ideas across the globe through itsopen access journal publishing system.

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  What is Open Access Journal Publishing

  Open access is the practice of allowing unrestricted access via the Internet to scholarly journals and peer-reviewed research. By implementing this system, Macrothink Institute offers 20 journal titles categorized under four sections: Biology and Medicine, Economics and Management, Sciences and Engineering, and Social Sciences and Humanities. Some titles available are:

  • Journal of Agricultural Studies
  • Journal of Applied Biotechnology
  • Journal of Management Research
  • Aquatic Science and Technology
  • Network Protocols and Algorithms
  • International Journal of English Language Education
  • Journal of Sociological Research

  To access any of these, head to the Institute’s official website and click on the journal you want to read followed by the article of your choice. You will then be able to read the material’s abstract to decide whether the article’s PDF is worth viewing or downloading.

  New materials are added to the journal regularly. The institute collects and archives the materials but only after carefully processing them and ensuring that they conform to author guidelines.

  The Benefits of Macrothink’s Open Access Journal Publishing System

  The journal publisher’s decision to implement an open access journal system offers numerous benefits to students, scientists and educators alike. Here are the top advantages of this software.

  • Free Access to Knowledge – Macrothink’s strong sense of responsibility has pushed it to counter the ‘serials crisis’, which is a problem libraries across the world face as they cut down their journal subscriptions to keep within their budgets. By offering free access to its journals, it helps researchers and educators get the latest information without affecting their affiliated institute’s funds.
  • Easier Access – You can retrieve publications easily since they’re easy to catch through regular and specialized search engines such as Google and OAIster. Once you find these, you can search for text within the articles, saving your time and effort during research.
  • Multiple Benefits for Authors – Despite having to pay for publishing their research, authors benefit the most from this system. Not only do they get to share their research and findings with a wider base, but digitalizing their materials also helps detect plagiarism during early stages. This spares them from having to write retractions or publish corrections.

  Now the opponents of open access may be against this, especially since they believe that such journals lack quality. However, the Macrothink Institute uses the CrossCheck plagiarism checking tool and employs skilled reviewers to check submitted yet unpublished documents.

  Macrothink Institute is a serious and rigorous publisher that aims at helping the researchers community in Canada and the world. Therefore, don’t hesitate to log onto its website and check the list of journals it has to offer.

   

• admin 6:10 pm on October 17, 2013 Permalink  

  Macrothink Institute – The Trend Setter in Digital Era Publishes Electronic Journals 

  Dedicated to academic publication and scientific research, this private organization leads in the field of digital scholarly publications. The institute facilitates its online readers through open access features that enable the students and researchers from all over the world to access, read, and benefit from its research journals.

  Macrothink Institute (Twitter) realizes that the print versions of scholarly research journals are costly not only to the institute itself, but to the ultimate end users too. Besides, the electronic versions are far better in reach as compared to the print versions. Online scholarly journals are accessible to the masses at a highly reduced cost.

  The institute also contributes to environment conservation through less paper use. Macrothink Institute provides international exposure to potential researchers as it sponsors their research work. It is indeed a commendable attempt to promote scientific research. There’s no subscription fee for reading or downloading the journals that the institute publishes.

  Electronic Journal Publication – The Latest Trend

  More and more publications and research institutes are now shifting to electronic publications because print versions are no longer efficient. Printed journals are costly and do not offer mass coverage. Internet connectivity and a computer device are needed to access these journals. These contain written content, graphics, and media files for better understanding of the readers. Researchers, students, universities, and several other entities benefit from electronic journals.

  Though some publishers charge a certain subscription fee on annual basis or charge every time you access the publication, Macrothink’s journals are accessible essentially free of cost. In today’s electronic and digital era, no other medium can be as effective and efficient as are the electronic journals. They provide information at a click of the mouse.

  Applications of Electronic Publications in the Academic World

  All the recognized and reputable institutes subscribe to monthly research journals so that their students can benefit from them. Faculty also conducts research through the information obtained from such publications. It is easy and more productive to advance a research topic further, rather than starting from scratch every time. Therefore, availability of journals that contain already conducted research helps students to proceed in a particular research area while the faculty helps them research better.

  Often times a promising research idea fails to proceed further or attain exposure only because of a lack of resources. However, open access facilitates the researchers as they can access lots of journals for free. Consequently, the benefit is transferred to the entire academic world.

  The Role of Macrothink Institute

  Macrothink Institute is indeed playing a vital role in academic and scientific research. Its electronic publications benefit people from all over the world. A strong sense of responsibility of this publisher helps to advance academic research while promoting open access journals.