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Coalition of authors, editors, reviewers and society members working to make scientific publishing more accessible, affordable, and equitable. https://t.co/ijdPjjL7R2
Joined June 2024
Do we outsource research conferences at our peril? For‑profit event firms reduce our effort, but fees are high and returns to academia low. Would not-for-profit society-organized meetings held at universities benefit the academic community more? . 🔗
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Akin to the problems in scientific publishing driven by the ever-increasing influence of for-profit publishers since the 1950s and particularly emphasized in the past two decades, problems are also…
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Scientific societies should rethink allowing for‑profit publishers at meetings. They may support the meeting in part, but these same publishers charge unsustainable fees year‑round and undercut academic independence. The trade‑off? Researchers lose. 🔗
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Akin to the problems in scientific publishing driven by the ever-increasing influence of for-profit publishers since the 1950s and particularly emphasized in the past two decades, problems are also…
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Another addition to the growing list of mass editorial resignations: editors of a math journal resign and launch a diamond open-access journal ‘free from pressure or influence’. Check out our latest post at #BetterPublishing.
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Mass resignations of managing editors and entire editorial boards from scholarly journals aren’t new, but the frequency has picked up in recent years. Since 2023, editors of over 25 journals have r…
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Swiss universities discontinued negotiations with Wiley. Unable to reach "a good agreement at a fair price" #BetterPublishing.
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The Ecological Society of America (ESA) would like to know more about the challenges you face when publishing. For more information and survey link go to Survey will take ~15 mins to complete. Please respond by 28 March 2025.
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A survey by the Ecological Society of America offers an opportunity to better understand attitudes toward scientific publishing Above: A bookshelf. Oh my, how times change in scientific publishing!…
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Author-pays model: Check out our recent post at to better understand the growing inequities in global science associated with high Article Processing Charges in Open Access publications. #BetterPublishing #APC #OA.
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Rising editorial resignations underscore disputes over academic independence (Jul’25) Survey: Attitudes to scientific publishing (May’25) Swiss universities discontinue negotiations wit…
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