John Willinsky

John Willinsky

Emeritus Professor
Assistant: Elayne Weissler-Martello
Office: CERAS 236

Biography

After working for some time on the educational implications of such knowledge systems as literary theory, curriculum theory, lexicography, and European imperialism, I have come to focus my studies on both analyzing and altering scholarly publishing practices to understand whether this body of knowledge might yet become more of a public resource for education and deliberation and whether we can develop software tools to help make that happen.

Other titles

Professor Emeritus,

Program affiliations

CTE
Learning Sciences and Technology Design (LSTD)
Race, Inequality, and Language in Education (RILE)
(MS) LDT

Research interests

History of Education | Literacy and Language | Philosophy | Sociology

Recent publications

Chavarro, D., Alperin, J. P., & Willinsky, J. (2025). On the open road to universal indexing: OpenAlex and Open Journal Systems. QUANTITATIVE SCIENCE STUDIES, 6, 1039–1058.
Lamury, M., & Willinsky, J. (2025). Accessibility, language, discipline, and indexing status of university journals that use Open Journal Systems in Indonesia: a case study. SCIENCE EDITING, 12(2), 190–196.
Willinsky, J., & Pimentel, D. (2024). The publication facts label: A public and professional guide for research articles. LEARNED PUBLISHING.