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What's a Tumblr?

Posted Wed, Jan, 16,2013

Tumblrs are a relatively new innovation in social media. Unlike other manifestations of social media Tumblrs focusses primarily on images. Libertas joined Tumblr relatively recently with the aim of establishing whether it was an effective channel to disseminate newly published papers. The results so far have been promising. At the time of writing our Tumblr had over 13,000 ...

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The Five Things Reviewers Wish Authors Would Do

Posted Mon, Jan, 14,2013

It’s no exaggeration to write that volunteer peer reviewers are the foundation of scholarly communication. The contributions they make are enormous but the nature of the conventional independent blind peer review process means that these contributions are rarely fully understood. As a publisher I see this on a daily basis. After a peer review report is compiled and an edito...

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Published today in International Journal of Insect Science

Posted Thu, Jan, 10,2013

Published today in journal is a new original research article by Farzana Perveen and Muzafar Shah. Read more about this paper below:Title: Nest Architectural Patterns by Three Wasp Species (Vespa velutina, Polistes flavus and Sceliphron formosum) with Reference to Their BehaviorAbstract: In the present study, the nest architectural patterns, elemental analysis and their behavior were carried...

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Follow Libertas on Facebook

Posted Thu, Jan, 03,2013

Facebook users can now follow Libertas on Facebook and stay updated on all the latest developments through their news feed.Our Facebook contains interviews with your colleagues, videos abstracts created by authors and the most important journal news items, together with a once-weekly digest of articles published. Comment on and share posts with your colleagues. Facebook is also a great way t...

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How Libertas Uses Tumblr to Build Article Visibility

Posted Fri, Dec, 21,2012

Libertas now operates a highly successful Tumblr blog with more than 2,800 followers and 900 posts (December 2012).Libertas also has editor status for the Science category so pictures of our choice can be promoted and will appear on Tumblr’s main science page.Articles with interesting pictures are promoted through Tumblr, with the images displayed in full and a link to the article in the...

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Posted in: Social Media Visibility and Discoverability

Testimonials from Libertas Authors

Posted Fri, Dec, 14,2012

Libertas frequently receives positive feedback from authors publishing in our journals. We ask authors to provide their feedback on the publishing process to assess our performance and offer potential authors an insight into what it’s like working with us.Testimonials are usually journal specific but often address broader subjects like article visibility and processing speed.Here are three o...

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Posted in: Testimonials Processing Speed and Quality