Judith ter SchureMar 10, 2024
Jean-Sébastien Caux

I don't want to offend anybody, but I think there is a need for more honesty regarding how it's all going with the reform of publishing.

I think it's not going well.

There is so much more good that could happen so rapidly. Instead, reform seems to be stuck in an illusory "tragedy of the commons", while a very real "treachery of the private" is happening. Academia is manifestly being outsmarted by corporate-directed forces.

I'd love to be proved wrong.

https://jscaux.org/blog/post/2024/03/07/reform-of-publishing/

Jean-Sébastien Caux: blogpost on Being honest about the reform of publishing

Mar 9, 2024 at 2:50pmWeb
Show threadEgon WillighagenMar 9, 2024
@jscaux I agree. Things are going too slow, and often sideways than forward
Show threadEJMar 11, 2024
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https://www.bayesianspectacles.org/plan-z-why-politicians-should-ban-government-funded-research-from-being-published-in-commercial-outlets/
Plan Z: Why Politicians Should Ban Government-Funded Research from Being Published in Commercial Outlets

The current state of academic publishing is a sad affair. Academics (funded by taxpayers) edit and review each other’s work, an activity associated with truly staggering effort and costs (i.e., ove…

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