Recent Trends in Academic Publishing: Open Access, Predatory Publishers, Plagiarism, Citation Format, and Service to the Discipline

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What is this? It appears to be a four-by-four grid, including graphic material, but it is largely inscrutable. It turns out, if you must know, that these are examples of figures on pages of Visible Language, with the surrounding structure and text excised. And this is why it’s difficult to gauge. There is clearly a book spread, and some highways signs. Otherwise, it’s simply visual material.
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Published: 2025-12-31
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34314/msrpmz46

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Matthew Peterson
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This editorial introduces Visible Language’s Volume 59 Yearbook. What is a “yearbook” for an academic journal? Instead of stopping at a straightforward explanation of how we decided to print a compilation of the three issues instead of printing them individually, I can do something more valuable. It turns out that the full answer touches upon trends in academic publishing that are helpful to reflect upon.

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Vol. 59 (2025): Volume 59 Yearbook

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Editorial
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