Mastodawn

Björn Brembs Feb 21, 2023

Many scholars are leaving Twitter for #Mastodon, a public, decentralized alternative, impervious to private take-over:

https://www.science.org/content/article/musk-reshapes-twitter-academics-ponder-taking-flight

Scholarly organizations are already supporting this migration:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00486-3

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There are analogous solutions for another public good in private hands: journals. There are even levers the scholarly community could pull to incentivize an analogous migration:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5526634

What are we waiting for?

As Musk reshapes Twitter, academics ponder taking flight

Many researchers are setting up profiles on social media site Mastodon

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Professor Kerstin Sailer

@brembs very good points - I've enjoyed reading it.
Are there further ideas developed on #peerReview?
At the moment that's a major lock-in from my perspective, especially in emerging scientific communities (such as the built environment). What journals ideally offer there is an organised review of a paper that then (again ideally) is improved and then published. How would quality control look like without journals / editors organising it?

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Björn Brembs Feb 21, 2023

@kerstinsailer

There have been many journal-independent peer review services over the last 10-15 years. Any of these could be implemented. ONe of the most recent ones is "Peer Community In":

https://peercommunityin.org/

So once we have control, there would be lots to choose from. But I don't think editor-led peer-review will die out completely. It has its uses. It'll probably just be more focused.

Peer Community In - free peer review & validation of preprints of articles

PCI is a non-profit open science organization of scientists to evaluate, recommend and publish research preprints in free open access

Peer Community In