# Mega-journal

Jenny Fry, Simon Wakeling

## Source

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/01/11/who-are-you-writing-for-the-role-of-community-membership-on-authors-decisions-to-publish-in-open-access-mega-journals/ Who are you writing for? The role of community membership on authors' decisions to publish in open access mega-journals

Open-access mega-journals are a relatively recent innovation in the scholarly communication system and started with the launch of PLoS ONE in 2006. Mega-journals have four main characteristics: 1) broad scope (accepting articles across a range of disciplines); 2) large output (aiming for high volume of published articles); 3) an open access publishing model (typically based on an Article Processing Charge paid prior to publication); and 4) a peer review system based solely on the basis of technical/scientific soundness.