Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Thank you to all who submitted an abstract to our special issue on "Accessibility in Digital Publishing!" We are grateful to everyone who took the time to contribute and share their work with us. 000
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Reminder of our Call for Papers! Consider submitting to our forthcoming special issue on "Accessibility in Digital Publishing" edited by Ellen Forget @ellenforget.bsky.social and John W Maxwell. CfP available here: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/news/253/journals.publishing.umich.eduCall for Papers: Special Issue on Accessibility in Digital PublishingEllen Forget, University of Alberta (eforget@ualberta.ca) John W Maxwell, Simon Fraser University (jmax@sfu.ca) Abstract submission deadline: October 1, 2026 Accessibility is more than ticking boxes o... 011
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 14/07/2026We are now on LinkedIn! Connect with us there for longer form content: linkedin.com/company/journal-of-electronic-publishinglinkedin.comJournal of Electronic Publishing | LinkedInJournal of Electronic Publishing | 57 followers on LinkedIn. A peer-reviewed, diamond open access journal on contemporary scholarly publishing issues and practices. | The Journal of Electronic Publish... 022
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingKatina Rogers @katinalynn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026In the JEP issue I put together awhile back, I was lucky enough to edit an early essay by Tavella and Spiegelhofer about this work. It's so beautiful to see their work continue to grow, and in partnership with such an exciting new press. I love everything about it bsky.app/profile/jepu... 053
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingEllen Forget @ellenforget.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Hey #DHSI2026 #DigitalHumanities folks. If any of you are working on accessibility in digital publishing—broadly defined—please consider submitting to this special issue of the Journal of Electronic Publishing! Feel free to email or DM me for more information. 058
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingTim Elfenbein @timelfen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Based on interviews w/ anthropologists involved in several data sharing & intermediate publishing initiatives, we pointed to interpretive generativity as an underlying objective (as opposed to reproducibility). Related but not the same as contestation. journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/article/...journals.publishing.umich.eduMaking sure you're not a bot! 231
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingTim Elfenbein @timelfen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026That’s more defensible & actually sets up productive conversations. For instance, @jepub.bsky.social is a vital venue for RoR-adjacent research, which is a publisher-supported DOA journal. In what ways does it solve (or not) percieved issues w/ DOA (like limiting the labor required from editors)? 121
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingEllen Forget @ellenforget.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I am very excited to be editing a special issue of @jepub.bsky.social "Accessibility in Digital Publishing" with John Maxwell! Please feel free to reach out via email or here via DM if you have any questions! We are looking for scholarly, industry, and technical submissions. 0116
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 01/06/2026New Call for Papers alert! Consider submitting to our forthcoming special issue on "Accessibility in Digital Publishing" edited by Ellen Forget @ellenforget.bsky.social and John W Maxwell. CfP available here: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/news/253/ Abstracts due October 1 2026.journals.publishing.umich.eduMaking sure you're not a bot! 01413
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingOpen Humanities Press @openhumanities.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Announcement: publication of 'Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences', new special issue of the Journal of Electronic Publishing, edited by Samuel Moore (Cambridge), Jenni Adams (Sheffield) and Miranda Barnes (Cambridge). journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/journals.publishing.umich.eduThe Journal of Electronic Publishing 045
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingCandice Fillaud @candicefillaud.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Delighted to be part of this special issue dedicated to Open Science and the HSS. Special thanks to the editors and their amazing work! Contribution with @c-bz.bsky.social, @yutong-fei.bsky.social, and @valentinefavel.bsky.social. Data available on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1848.... 067
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingAndrew S. Hoffman @inter-apero-bility.bsky.social · 17/04/2026New interview-paper dropped yesterday. I'm so grateful for @timelfen.bsky.social and @marcellaflamme.bsky.social's intellectual companionship, and to PECE/EMERGE/xcol for their amazing work. Complete interview transcripts also now live on the CADS DataverseNL instance: dataverse.nl/dataset.xhtm...dataverse.nl'Emerging Forms of Open Research in Social/Cultural Anthropology' -- Interviews with PECE, EMERGE, and xcol - Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology***Description*** This dataset contains full/un-excerpted transcripts of three interviews, and of a group discussion/peer review session, conducted... 044
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingMarcel LaFlamme @marcellaflamme.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Proud to have contributed this interview piece to the just-published MORPHSS special issue on openness in HSS. We profile three initiatives in anthropology that are doing openness in the key of generative reuse rather than reproducibility. journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/article/...journals.publishing.umich.eduEmerging Forms of Open Research in Social/Cultural AnthropologyThis article explores some current efforts to reconfigure research practices in the field of social/cultural anthropology, in ways that intersect with the open research movement but cannot be reduced ... 1118
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingTim Elfenbein @timelfen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Our article is part of a great special issue of @jepub.bsky.social, itself part of the work of an exceptional project rethinking open research from the humanities & social sciences (@morphss.bsky.social), led by @samuelmoore.org. We are really excited to be able to contribute to this project. 041
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingTim Elfenbein @timelfen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! Andrew, Marcel, & I introduce & draw some conclusions from a series of interviews w/ anthropologists experimenting w/ data sharing, process documentation, intermediate publishing models, & infrastructure building to enable new forms of collaborative knowledge making. 176
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingOpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social · 17/04/2026A really fantastic line-up of great contributions, with some excellent thoughts on open infrastructuring, among other things! Have a peek 👇 journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/45...journals.publishing.umich.edu 041
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingAnna Hughes @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social · 17/04/2026A bumper issue on Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences ... featuring members of @copim.bsky.social 👇journals.publishing.umich.edu The Journal of Electronic Publishing | Issue: Issue: 1(29) Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences (2026) 031
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingLucyCes @lucyces.bsky.social · 17/04/2026This special issue looks absolutely brilliant. Can't decide which article to read first! 041
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingCopim @copim.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Featuring articles from @judithfathallah.bsky.social and other members of the team! 👏 051
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingKevin Sanders @kjsanders.eurosky.social · 17/04/2026This article is fabulous. I also offer that OA that does not use its alterity to challenge the roots of scholarly publishing's archic rational - i.e. is within the call to and principles of being governed from above - is likely to fail to meet calls for participation w/in the archic paradigm. 171
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingAlyssa Arbuckle @alyssaarbuckle.bsky.social · 16/04/2026📣 New JEP special issue live! Huge thanks to special issue editors @samuelmoore.org @jenniad.bsky.social @mirandab-oa.bsky.social and all authors and reviewers for your brilliance. And of course to @michiganpublishing.bsky.social too! 096
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingSamuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 16/04/2026This bumper special issue was an absolute joy to co-edit. Get stuck in! 02713
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Elfenbein, Hoffman & LaFlamme’s “Emerging Forms of Open Research in Social/Cultural Anthropology,” shares interviews with key contributors to three emerging open research infrastructures in anthropology: PECE, EMERGE, and the xcol inventory. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [20/n]doi.orgEmerging Forms of Open Research in Social/Cultural AnthropologyThis article explores some current efforts to reconfigure research practices in the field of social/cultural anthropology, in ways that intersect with the open research movement but cannot be reduced ... 010
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026In “Open Infrastructure and the Threat of ‘Vanishing’ Journals: Leveraging Open Knowledge Commons, Open Source Software & DIY Solutions to Preserve Humanities & Social Sciences Research”, Jensen et al. explore interventions to address vulnerable digital scholarship. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [19/n]doi.orgOpen Infrastructure and the Threat of “Vanishing” Journals: Leveraging Open Knowledge Commons, Open Source Software, and DIY Solutions to Preserve Humanities and Social Sciences ResearchAcademic journals, institutional repositories, and emerging digital technologies have played a crucial role in providing access to scholarship. However, free and unfettered access to research is not a... 130
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Simon Dumas Primbault’s “Do Infrastructures Have Epistemologies? Studying an Open Access Infrastructure for SSH from Within” examines the socio-epistemic features of HSS infrastructures with specific reference to OpenEdition Lab. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [18/n]doi.orgDo Infrastructures Have Epistemologies? Studying an Open Access Infrastructure for SSH from WithinOver the past 30 years, digital infrastructures for open science in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) have flourished as technical means to address the supposed needs of communities of practice... 110
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Corinna MacDonald’s “Mobilizing Knowledge in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Exploring Competing Articulations of Openness in Policy and Practice” considers knowledge mobilization (KMb) requirements in Canadian HE institutions & expressing public research value. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [17/n]doi.orgMobilizing Knowledge in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Exploring Competing Articulations of Openness in Policy and PracticeKnowledge mobilization (KMb) is a policy discourse and framework used by major Canadian research funding bodies to promote and monitor the efficiency of knowledge transfer between the university and soc... 110
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Candice Fillaud, Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri, Yutong Fei, and Valentine Favel-Kapoian’s “The French HSS Community Speaks Out on Open Science: A Top-Down and Bottom-Up Taxonomy Approach” unpacks French HSS scholars’ criticisms of French national open science policy. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [16/n]doi.orgThe French HSS Community Speaks Out on Open Science: A Top-Down and Bottom-Up Taxonomy ApproachThis paper presents a thematic, taxonomy-based analysis that reveals a turn by French HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) scholars towards criticism of the French national Open Science policy. By exa... 120
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Ioanna Faïta’s “Tensions et zones d’ombre autour de la science ouverte en SHS en France” (Tensions and gray areas surrounding open science in the humanities & social sciences in France) examines controversies in adoption of open science within French HSS communities. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [15/n]doi.orgTensions et zones d’ombre autour de la science ouverte en SHS en FranceÀ l’heure où la science ouverte s’impose comme un cadre structurant des politiques de recherche, cette revue de littérature critique explore les débats qui accompagnent son appropriation dans les scie... 131
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Claire Davin, Jess Beck, and Lai Ma’s “Open Practices, Closed Realities? Archaeological Perspectives on Open Research Practices” presents findings from in-depth interviews with archaeologists, surfacing barriers to engagement with openness in this field. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [14/n]doi.orgOpen Practices, Closed Realities? Archaeological Perspectives on Open Research PracticesOpen research frameworks alongside encompassing principles such as FAIR and CARE, have seen an increase in uptake across the global academic landscape in recent years. However, their implementation re... 120
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Elen Le Foll’s article ‘“Well, parts of linguistics is open’: Insights into Linguists’ Diverse Understandings of Open Science” draws on survey data & interviews with linguists, highlighting field-specific challenges, including issues of copyright & data privacy. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [13/n]doi.org“Well, Parts of Linguistics Is Open…”: Insights into Linguists’ Diverse Understandings of Open ScienceBroadly defined as the study of language, linguistics is a diverse field spanning many disciplines. Recent studies on the prevalence of Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) in linguistics (e.g. Isbe... 120
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026LLH Wong & T-YY Wong, in “Negotiating Openness Under Authoritarian Risk: Feminist Open Data Sharing in Hong Kong,” consider the ethics & governance of data sharing as regards qualitative data from politically precarious or authoritarian contexts. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [12/n]doi.orgNegotiating Openness under Authoritarian Risk: Feminist Open Data Sharing in Hong KongOpen data has become increasingly common in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) in recent years, but its promise falters when the “data” are people’s stories, such as i... 130
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026In “Open Scholarship in the Humanities: An OA Author Intervention,” Judith Fathallah draws on her own experience of open access book publishing to highlight the need for more ethical forms of publishing that are less beholden to traditional structures of prestige. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [11/n]doi.orgOpen Scholarship in the Humanities: An OA Author InterventionIn dialogue with Marcel Knöchelmann’s (2019) call for a discourse of openness for the humanities, this article employs an autoethnographic narrative informed by cultural and sociological theory to exp... 120
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Adeola Eze, in “What Does Openness Mean for the Humanities? Redefining Ethical and Reflexive Practices in Open Research”, examines the discourse underpinning open science and reinterprets it for the humanities with close attention paid to the work of Umberto Eco. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [10/n]doi.orgWhat Does Openness Mean for the Humanities? Redefining Ethical and Reflexive Practices in Open ResearchNotions of openness in research have largely been shaped by scientific principles of transparency, efficiency, and replicability, operationalized through standardized workflows, interoperable infrastructu... 141
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026In “A Prototyping Renaissance: Form, Content, and Scale in Open Publication in the Humanities,” John W Maxwell and Alessandra Bordini consider prototyping as a way to reframe our ideas of open research in the humanities beyond content-only notions of open access. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [9/n]doi.orgA Prototyping Renaissance: Form, Content, and Scale in Open Publication in the HumanitiesThis essay argues that open research is, or should be, constitutionally central to the humanities, but going beyond content-only notions of “open access.” We make a case, based on the 16th-century Ald... 140
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026In “Open at the Level of (Para)Text: Critical Intertextuality and Discursive Notation as Open Research Practices in the Humanities,” Jenni Adams explores textual & paratextual practices to support transparency in situated and epistemically appropriate ways. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [8/n]doi.orgOpen at the Level of (Para)text: Critical Intertextuality and Discursive Notation as Open Research Practices in the HumanitiesThis article contends that open research practices and principles are embedded in humanities research paradigms in ways that are not currently visible within either the open science–dominated framewor... 141
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026In “Doing Openness Otherwise: Democratization and OA Publishing in HSS,” Rebekka Kiesewetter reveals opportunities for a truly democratized OA publishing landscape by way of situated, collective experimentation. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [7/n]doi.orgDoing Openness Otherwise: Democratization and OA Publishing in the HSSOpen access (OA) publishing has often been framed through democratization narratives that shape how openness is understood in the humanities and social sciences (HSS). This article examines these narr... 121
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026In “Open for Debate: Situating Open Research for the Humanities in a Neoliberal Setting,” Beatriz Barrocas Ferreira addresses the underlying politics of open research in the humanities, calling for development of a more just and genuinely open knowledge system. doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [6/n]doi.orgOpen for Debate: Situating Open Research for the Humanities in a Neoliberal SettingOpen research has been widely promoted as a means of democratising knowledge, yet its uptake in the humanities has remained limited and frequently marked by ambivalence. In the context of growing inst... 131
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Editors Samuel Moore, Jenni Adams, and Miranda Barnes open the issue with ‘Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences: Editors’ Introduction,’ outlining key questions asked within the issue and introducing the contributions: doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [5/n]doi.orgOpen Research for the Humanities and Social Science: Editors’ IntroductionThis editorial introduces the special issue on Open Research for the Humanities and Social Science. 141
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026The issue includes the following contributions: [4/n] 120
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026The contributions to this issue highlight tensions in current open research discourse, but also reveal the many opportunities for discussions of openness to broaden out and encompass a greater variety of practices and applications across a range of disciplines. [3/n] 131
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026This timely and essential collection considers how dominant understandings of open research and open science relate to HSS disciplines and how they are resisted, asking if AHSS disciplines need their own conceptions of openness, or if OR itself needs to “humanise”. [2/n] 131
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 16/04/2026We at @jepub.bsky.social are excited to announce the publication of our new special issue on Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences, edited by Samuel Moore, Jenni Adams, and Miranda Barnes! journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/45... [1/n]journals.publishing.umich.edu The Journal of Electronic Publishing | Issue: Issue: 1(29) Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences (2026) 13220
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 10/03/2026We invite broader discussion on Diamond OA and its future(s), from the highly conceptual to the deeply infrastructural. What is next for Diamond OA as it oscillates between the potential for either a technocratic or community-led and commons-based future? #DiamondOA 011
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Reminder: Consider submitting to our forthcoming special issue on The Future of Diamond Open Access: Possibilities, Perils, and Pathways. CfP available here: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/news/239/ Abstracts due March 23rd 2026. #DiamondOAjournals.publishing.umich.eduCall for Papers: Special Issue on The Future of Diamond Open Access: Possibilities, Perils, and PathwaysAbstract submission deadline: March 23rd 2026 In recent years, Diamond Open Access (OA) has risen to the fore in the ongoing exploration of which knowledge production models are both ideal … 123
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingKatina Rogers @katinalynn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Writing for JEP is a real pleasure. Highly recommend submitting an abstract if you work on issues related to open access --> 022
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingOpen Humanities Press @openhumanities.bsky.social · 12/02/2026CfP: Special Issue of Journal of Electronic Publishing on The Future of Diamond Open Access: Possibilities, Perils, and Pathways journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/news/239/ Any questions to JEP co-editors Janneke Adema and Alyssa Arbuckle via jep.editors@gmail.com.journals.publishing.umich.eduCall for Papers: Special Issue on The Future of Diamond Open Access: Possibilities, Perils, and PathwaysAbstract submission deadline: March 23rd 2026 In recent years, Diamond Open Access (OA) has risen to the fore in the ongoing exploration of which knowledge production models are both ideal … 031
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingAlyssa Arbuckle @alyssaarbuckle.bsky.social · 11/02/2026We want to hear your Diamond OA thoughts (and maybe even dreams?!) CFP deadline March 23 011
Reposted by Journal of Electronic PublishingSamuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 12/02/2026"Through this special issue, we invite broader discussion on Diamond OA and its future(s), from the highly conceptual to the deeply infrastructural. What is next for Diamond OA as it oscillates between the potential for either a technocratic or community-led and commons-based future?"journals.publishing.umich.eduCall for Papers: Special Issue on The Future of Diamond Open Access: Possibilities, Perils, and PathwaysAbstract submission deadline: March 23rd 2026 In recent years, Diamond Open Access (OA) has risen to the fore in the ongoing exploration of which knowledge production models are both ideal … 1911
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 11/02/2026New Call for Papers alert! Consider submitting to our forthcoming special issue on The Future of Diamond Open Access: Possibilities, Perils, and Pathways. CfP available here: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/news/239/ Abstracts due March 23rd 2026. #DiamondOAjournals.publishing.umich.eduCall for Papers: Special Issue on The Future of Diamond Open Access: Possibilities, Perils, and PathwaysAbstract submission deadline: March 23rd 2026 In recent years, Diamond Open Access (OA) has risen to the fore in the ongoing exploration of which knowledge production models are both ideal … 059
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 30/01/2026We @jepub.bsky.social are proud to be part of the Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social inaugural collection of #diamondOA journals. Published by @uofmpress.bsky.social & @michiganpublishing.bsky.social we have been #diamondOA since launching in 1995. Great to be part of this community! 097