The exploitative character of academic publishing in a single cartoon.

#publishing #universities #research #academics

h/t Alexandra Kupferberg/LinkedIn

original illustration: Thailand by Tawan Chuntra.

https://www.irancartoon.com/site/artists/tawan-chuntra#&gid=1&pid=30 #TawanChuntra #Thailand

@ChrisMayLA6
And then then general public learns about research from a newspaper misinterpreting a press release. Neither the journalist nor the reader of the newspaper looks at the actual paper.

But if you want to "do your own research", the conspiracy theorists make *their* "research" freely available.