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"The business model of most scientific publishers is so audacious it’s hard to
believe it works. Here’s the pitch: You get some of the smartest people on
Earth to create your product for free. Then, you get other experts, people to
quality-control that product, also for free. Finally, you sell the product back
to the very people who made it (and the taxpayers who funded them) at an
exorbitant markup.
If you tried to pitch this on
Shark Tank, you’d be laughed out of the room.
But in the world of scientific publishing, this is just regular business.
A damning new analysis, “The Drain of Scientific Publishing,” suggests that the
science publishing system has become a major problem for science. Far more than
just annoying paywalls, this is a systemic drain that’s actively damaging
humanity’s ability to solve problems."
Via Christoph S.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
