  This paper aims to gain a better understanding of the perspectives of
contributors to Spanish academic journals regarding open access, open peer
review, and altmetrics. It also explores how age, gender, professional
experience, career history, and perception and use of social media influence
authors opinions toward these developments in scholarly publishing. A sample of
contributors (n-1254) to Spanish academic journals was invited to participate
in a survey about the aforementioned topics. The response rate was 24 per cent
(n-295). Contributors to Spanish scholarly journals hold a favourable opinion
of open access but were more cautious about open peer review and altmetrics.
Younger and female scholars were more reluctant to accept open peer review
practices. A positive attitude toward social networks did not necessarily
translate into enthusiasm for emerging trends in scholarly publishing. Despite
this, ResearchGate users were more aware of altmetrics.
