academic publishing
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Open access perspectives
Thousands of paywalled research papers could be freed with this simple fix
‘Green open access’ has existed for decades – and it’s not hard to get academics to use it more.
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Quality of science & its communication
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
The scholarly system is overwhelmed by quantity, distorted by profit motives, and stripped of its purpose of advancing knowledge.
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Quality of science & its communication
Sharing failures helps to build trust in science communication
Researchers who shared some of their failures alongside their successes were viewed as more open and benevolent, as well as…
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Artificial intelligence
What the hyperproduction of AI slop is doing to science
A new study shows AI writing is turning traditional measures of research quality upside down.
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Quality of science & its communication
It’s time for a more objective view in regard to predatory academic publishing
Predatory journals lists can be biased and lacking rigor, so should be treated with the same degree of scrutiny as…
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Artificial intelligence
A new ‘AI scientist’ can write science papers without any human input. Here’s why that’s a problem
AI systems mass-producing cheap research would be bad news for an already struggling scientific ecosystem.
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Why scientific knowledge needs to be decolonised
Is science inherently objective and immune to the influences of coloniality?
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Open access to scholarly knowledge
Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era: Conclusion
The way forward needs diverse understandings, supported by better communication.
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Open access to scholarly knowledge
Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era (chapter 6.4): Toward open, sustainable research communities
Drawing on the example of the Modern Language Association, an approach to building an open future for scholarly communications.
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Open access to scholarly knowledge
Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era (chapter 6.3): The future of learned societies in a world of open access
Learned societies can play an important role in the reshaping of scholarly communication for the twenty-first century.
