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The system is fine. The culture is broken. Scientific publishing isn't forced on the community by regulation or necessity. You can publish papers in infinite nu
by lxe 3mo ago
The system is fine. The culture is broken. Scientific publishing isn't forced on the community by regulation or necessity. You can publish papers in infinite number of ways online. Unlike something like healthcare or housing, where there are no alternatives, there are plenty of alternatives when it comes to media publishing.
- fl0id 3mo agoThere are not if you are working in it. Some grants for example include provisions that you publish in tier so and so journals. If that is the case, there might be one of those that is open-access / independent, but more likely there is not.
- genxy 3mo agoWhat they are saying is that this is nearly a 100% self-own. The department and the academic structure sets the KPIs, like where to publish and how much. This is very much a monkey caught with their hand in a jar moment.
- anigbrowl 3mo ago'Scientists' and 'administrators of scientific departments' are two groups with minimal overlap.
- genxy 3mo agoDepartment heads come from the scientific faculty, normally on a tour-of-duty rotation.
- fl0id 3mo agoSometimes, sure, but as someone new, you have no power to change it. Department head might, I cannot really say. In addition, I believe funding agencies have the bigger role, and they also have such requirements.
- lxe 3mo agoScientists are the ones with real agency and leverage. The change has to come from the grassroots.
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