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Daniele de Rigo Jul 20, 2023

@AndreaSaltelli noting [1], a point on the search for a "public square for scholarly discourse, impervious to private takeover" which maybe could trigger some #epistemology reflection..

https://mstdn.social/@AndreaSaltelli/110744964860090287

Again from [1]:
"Historically, scholarly communication has always taken many forms: letters between individual scholars, meetings, journal articles or monographs. From the early days, the scholarly record is sketchy, later, only the journal and monograph portion is retained"

Andrea Saltelli (@[email protected])

Mastodon over Mammon: towards publicly owned scholarly knowledge “scholarly organizations, in particular learned societies, [should] support the migration of the scholarly community from Twitter to Mastodon by hosting Mastodon instances. Demonstrating that the scholarly community is capable of creating a truly public square for scholarly discourse, impervious to private takeover, might renew confidence and inspire the community to focus on analogous solutions ... https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230207

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Daniele de Rigo Jul 20, 2023

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"The conventions surrounding #ScientificCommunication and what constitutes a publication have evolved over time, driven by institutional and disciplinary requirements, as well as advancements in technology" [1]

Recenty, "Capitalizing on the need for #accountability and independent validation of #ScientificResearch, for-profit #publishers further legitimized a set of homogenized publishing standards that align with their workflow and profit generation goals" [1]

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Daniele de Rigo Jul 20, 2023

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"However, the recent rise of #preprint platforms, #OpenPeerReview models, [...] the worldwide call for assessment reforms [...], and the use of #SocialMedia for #ScientificDiscourse and community-building demonstrate that scientists are no longer satisfied with the existing status quo" [1]

"We propose reclaiming #ownership over the scholarly #commons [...] to be able to maintain the scholarly record from toot to monograph (and the #code and #data in-between)" [1]

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Daniele de Rigo

"Analogous to other, non-#digital areas of #infrastructure, the infrastructure supporting the #ScholarlyCommons needs to come under the governance of the scholarly #community" [1]

#References

[1] Brembs, B., Lenardic, A., Murray-Rust, P., Chan, L., Irawan, D.E., 2023. Mastodon over Mammon: towards publicly owned scholarly knowledge. Royal Society Open Science 10 (4), 230207+. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230207

#DOI @brembs @dasaptaerwin