By: David Duriesmith
Pablo, considering the inherent conservatism created by the publish or perish system surely there is not a lot of hope for a meaningful change in the system. By the time aspiring academics have become...
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Thanks David, There are certainly interests, but I think they are more multiple: a) a mechanism for paying academics to research; b) a means of evaluating quality and collecting original contributions;...
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[...] David, my erstwhile 'parasitic overlord' from when I was co-editing Millennium, points me to some posts by Kent Anderson of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, who defends the industry on a...
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Another SpamBot too witty to say no to. Paying no rent is what this is all about.
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Pablo, great article. Would you say there is also a hesitancy in publishing for ‘academic’ journals rather than other publication sources because it forces the writer to materialize their content [in a...
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Thanks Akta, I wouldn’t say there’s a hesitancy, mainly because publishing in highly-regarded journals is so central to career progress. I agree that the ‘audience criteria’ does something particular...
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