We don’t need open access, but scholar-owned publication brands
Suppose that each time you have your bike repaired, the bike shop raises its prices for the other customers, and for you, too – and the other bike shops are not differemt. In such an absurd situation,...
View ArticleWhat should I do with my draft paper? Hide it, upload to Academia, or upload...
In the 20th century, when I had a draft paper, I might make a few copies and share them with close colleagues, but the main action would be send it anonymously to a journal – in paper. In the modern …...
View ArticleBeyond the zombies: How we might get out of the science publication disaster
By now, everyone knows that scholarly publication is serious trouble. The actual costs of disseminating content have plummeted drastically, and yet academic institutions are paying more and more to the...
View ArticleZombie Lingua, Elsevier and what profit-oriented publishers are good for
Some weeks ago, I was asked to review a paper for Lingua. Lingua is an Elsevier journal. A special one: five years ago the complete board of Lingua and the running editors resigned and recreated the...
View ArticleConcentration in the publishing business
This post tries to collect information about the concentration of market power with science publishers. If you want to contribute, please leave comments stating who bought whom in which year and a URL...
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