The Akedemia Journal
Research culture
Essays on how academic books actually get made — proposals, peer review, production and the economics underneath it all.
Citations, metrics and what a book is worth
Books sit awkwardly inside a research evaluation culture built for journal articles. The metrics that govern careers were designed for a different object,...
Read the essay Open access and the monograph: where we actually are
Open access arrived in journals first and the economics translated badly to books. A monograph is not a longer article, and the funding...
Read the essayWriting a book, not just a post?
Our editors commission across nine disciplines and reply to every proposal within fourteen days.