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Academic Journals through the Lens of Socialism: A Narrative from the Disciplines of Education and Technology

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The author was the mediator of a two-year project wherein 100 academics from around the world collaborated electronically, over three rounds, on the composition of a multi-authored manuscript. In this article, he relies on this international experience to promote various ideas that could help democratise academic authoring and publishing activities. These ideas help rethink academic journals from the perspective of ‘socialism’, promoting social ownership of academic journals and social participation in the shaping of their policies.

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The author (i.e. the mediator of the crowd-authoring project and the first crowd-author) would like to thank the other 99 crowd-authors for their collaboration and critical engagement with the project.

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  1. Department of Educational Technologies, King Faisal University, Post Box: 346, Al Ahsa, 31982, Saudi Arabia

    Abdulrahman Essa Al Lily

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Al Lily, A.E. Academic Journals through the Lens of Socialism: A Narrative from the Disciplines of Education and Technology. Pub Res Q 32, 113–124 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-016-9451-x

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