BDJ Open (2019-2020) and the advantages of open access publishing

"Expensive Sisters"

This perspective highlights a growing and concerning trend within the scientific publishing community: the increasing incidence of manuscript rejections within twenty-four hours of submission without peer review, followed by offers of transfer to a sister journal with a high article processing fee. Recommendations to address such issues, including increased transparency in the manuscript review process, the establishment of more robust editorial guidelines, and the promotion of equitable publishing opportunities regardless of financial capability have also been proposed.

BDJ Open 2021 - our most successful year to date

This paper aims to provide an update on the previous version published towards the end of last year, titled 'BDJ Open (2019-2020) and the advantages of open access publishing'. In this paper, we will highlight articles published throughout 2021, in order to focus on which areas authors felt were important to publish open access and also which areas have been expanded upon in the journal. Furthermore, this paper will examine how open access publishing in BDJ Open has enabled the continuous process of hypothesis testing to be shared more widely, as well as how publishing protocols and early results open access gives strength to that by allowing earlier opportunity for comment by other researchers, both through the peer review process and through further correspondence to authors directly and to the journal editors who publish their work.

Provides an update on the previous 2019-2020 paper by examining articles published in BDJ Open in 2021, to highlight which areas researchers felt were important to publish open access.

Highlights the advantages of open access publishing to authors, readers and the scientific community, particularly in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Explores how open access publishing in BDJ Open has enabled the continuous process of hypothesis testing to be shared more widely, allowing earlier opportunity for comment by other researchers.