publishing

full article here https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/open-access-science-funders-announce-price-transparency-rules-publishers#

I thought it might be useful to group our discussions and comments on academic publishing. This includes the role of scientific journals, the relevance of peer review, the use of preprints etc. I thought this comment on Twitter was interesting:

Interesting read. don't know if there is any way for people to show support to the creator of sci-hub? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science?CMP=share_btn_tw

This was an interesting read from representatives for the UK Wellcome Trust and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute about pros and cons concerning allowing peer reviews to be published. One argument they raise which I've never thought of is: Many benefits would accrue from publishing peer...

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0118/ucl-launches-open-access-megajournal