Ludo Waltman

Strife at eLife: inside a journal’s quest to upend science publishing https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00831-6

I admire what @eLife is doing. It should inspire all of us to think in bold ways about better approaches to scholarly publishing!

Doesn't the fact that some people are unhappy about the developments at eLife just confirm the truly transformational nature of these developments?

Mar 17, 2023 at 6:07pmWeb
Show threadBenjamin S-B Mar 18, 2023
@LudoWaltman @eLife I found this🐦🧵 really insightful. I'm not convinced the elife approach is the right way. First, they created yet another vanity journal. Now they're trying to become a vanity prepublication platform. What else do you call it if they select only some papers to their prepub system, but then publish them regardless of review? You can't have it both ways. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1583141454205300738.html
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@vectorgen: I have some thoughts on the new eLife policy First, I applaud attempts to change the peer review landscape. It's broken. But this policy isn't it. To call this "Peer Review without gatekeeping" is extrem...…