Blog Tag Publishing
Editors Claim Censorship at a Public Health Journal
Extremely disturbing development in publishing. If journals are not independent, then the pillars of the entire academic process begin to fail. This development highlights the need for full disclosure in terms of editorial board selection, reviewers, and the overall review process. It is a strong argument that journals are best served by being Society based. I question journals that exist solely on a for-profit basis.
It's time for academics to take back control of research journals
Academic publishing is broken. Predatory journals. Corporations driven by profit. University administrators too lazy to evaluate science and looking for an easy metric. It is time to leave impact factor behind. Move beyond surrendering copyright of taxpayer funding research to for-profit corporations. Science knowledge is for the public who paid for the work. Free science!
The findings of medical research are disseminated too slowly
Academic publishing is broken. It is time for a change - or even a revolution - in publishing. The impact factor fallacy that a single metric somehow both predicts the importance of the publication and reflects the scientific prowess of its authors needs to fall. Science and knowledge should be open and readily available to the world - that is the ethos of our endeavors.
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