Jun 20, 2023·edited Jun 20, 2023Liked by Seeds of Science
Great summary of the complicating and changing ecosystem of publishing! I am currently exiting academic science and I think a big part of it was serving as an editor at two journals and feeling like I didn't have the time or bandwidth to really think about ways to change some the most toxic stuff. It's so exciting that there are people and projects out there doing the good work (I love ASAPBio, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the use of preprints).
Sponsoring institutions (universities, NIH, USGS, etc.) should e-publish their own work. Internal organizations must be set up to coordinate external review and document handling, but these costs can be offset by eliminating subscription fees. Resulting scholarship is available to all.
Universities created this mess. Let them clean it up. After all, Deans can’t read. They can only count. Let them learn to read.
I also advocate for “living publications” where incremental advances are reported in large revised studies rather than creating a new LPU (least publishable unit).
Great summary of the complicating and changing ecosystem of publishing! I am currently exiting academic science and I think a big part of it was serving as an editor at two journals and feeling like I didn't have the time or bandwidth to really think about ways to change some the most toxic stuff. It's so exciting that there are people and projects out there doing the good work (I love ASAPBio, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the use of preprints).
Sponsoring institutions (universities, NIH, USGS, etc.) should e-publish their own work. Internal organizations must be set up to coordinate external review and document handling, but these costs can be offset by eliminating subscription fees. Resulting scholarship is available to all.
Universities created this mess. Let them clean it up. After all, Deans can’t read. They can only count. Let them learn to read.
I also advocate for “living publications” where incremental advances are reported in large revised studies rather than creating a new LPU (least publishable unit).