Lukas Röseler1d ago
-- New Open Research Game --
I reached the rank of Asst. Prof in #TenureRun! 🎓 I published 98 papers and paid $115.000 in APCs to publishers. My grant money is gone and I am exhausted. 💸 How far can you make it? Play now at forrt.org/TenureRun/
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I figured, an endless runner game would work well as a metaphor for the modern academic publishing culture of #publishorperish: Collect pages and data for your papers while dodging paywalls, teaching, and APCs and try to get tenured.

If you agree that maybe this isn't how things should work, I can reassure you: Thousands of signatories of SFDORA.org and coara.eu are reforming the system. If you want a real-life community boost, check out
@FORRT

Mar 26 at 1:24pmWeb