DeDe Dawson
@dededawson.bsky.social
Open Scholarship Librarian, advocate of equitable and sustainable OA, scholcomm researcher, excited about science (esp. the life sciences, paleo, & consciousness stuff!)
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Over the past months (and at least 11 versions!), I was lucky to work with 11 amazing colleagues on a call to action to reform academic publishing.
Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n
Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Over the past months (and at least 11 versions!), I was lucky to work with 11 amazing colleagues on a call to action to reform academic publishing.
Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n
Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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NIH policy had 5% compliance when it was voluntary, 50-70% compliance when it was mandatory, and got to 90% when funds were held back until compliance was fulfilled. #OASPA2025
September 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
NIH policy had 5% compliance when it was voluntary, 50-70% compliance when it was mandatory, and got to 90% when funds were held back until compliance was fulfilled. #OASPA2025
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Our analysis on possible effects of APC caps, which would limit grant money spending on publication fees, just like the NIH is considering for their updated public access policy, in the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social today 👇🏼#ScholCommLab #openaccess #publishingmarket
💥New: Shaking up the scholarly publishing market – Why caps on APCs could backfire
✍️@stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca @eschares.bsky.social, @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca Flavia Camargo, @lmatthia.bsky.social Lucía Céspedes, Constance Poitras & Dorothea Strecker
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #OpenAccess
✍️@stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca @eschares.bsky.social, @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca Flavia Camargo, @lmatthia.bsky.social Lucía Céspedes, Constance Poitras & Dorothea Strecker
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #OpenAccess
Shaking up the scholarly publishing market – Why caps on APCs could backfire - Impact of Social Sciences
An analysis of APC pricing and the impact of proposed NIH caps on APCs, suggest imposing price caps on author fees could lead to further market concentration.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Our analysis on possible effects of APC caps, which would limit grant money spending on publication fees, just like the NIH is considering for their updated public access policy, in the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social today 👇🏼#ScholCommLab #openaccess #publishingmarket
Yes:
"Policymakers tend to see publishers as mere service providers who can be given money in exchange for open access. The reality is that good publishing is not a transaction but a community effort. Publishing cannot stand outside the communities that produce the research; it is part of research."
"Policymakers tend to see publishers as mere service providers who can be given money in exchange for open access. The reality is that good publishing is not a transaction but a community effort. Publishing cannot stand outside the communities that produce the research; it is part of research."
I have an op-ed out today in @resprofnews.bsky.social introducing my new book on the commercialisation of open access publishing.
Make academic publishing a commons, not a market - Research Professional News
Commercialisation has thwarted the promise of openness—it’s time for new priorities, says Samuel Moore
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Yes:
"Policymakers tend to see publishers as mere service providers who can be given money in exchange for open access. The reality is that good publishing is not a transaction but a community effort. Publishing cannot stand outside the communities that produce the research; it is part of research."
"Policymakers tend to see publishers as mere service providers who can be given money in exchange for open access. The reality is that good publishing is not a transaction but a community effort. Publishing cannot stand outside the communities that produce the research; it is part of research."
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It's so saddening to see how a movement with such good intentions has been co-opted and commercialised to such an extent that it's effectively now just a means for channelling public money in corporate pockets. For me, if it's not Diamond I don't want to know. #OpenAccess
September 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It's so saddening to see how a movement with such good intentions has been co-opted and commercialised to such an extent that it's effectively now just a means for channelling public money in corporate pockets. For me, if it's not Diamond I don't want to know. #OpenAccess
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Proud to have played even a small role on this project! Great summary post and an excellent job by the entire IOI team.
After two years of intensive research, IOI's project “Investigating "reasonable costs" to achieve public access to federally funded research and scientific data” has concluded.
After two years of intensive research, IOI's project “Investigating "reasonable costs" to achieve public access to federally funded research and scientific data” has concluded.
September 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Proud to have played even a small role on this project! Great summary post and an excellent job by the entire IOI team.
After two years of intensive research, IOI's project “Investigating "reasonable costs" to achieve public access to federally funded research and scientific data” has concluded.
After two years of intensive research, IOI's project “Investigating "reasonable costs" to achieve public access to federally funded research and scientific data” has concluded.
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NEW POST: NIH explores capping APCs: Let’s look at the evidence! We used data of NIH funded from 2025, and found that APCs for a few as 7% journals (or 6% of papers) would be fully covered by a $2K cap, 25% of journals (or 21% of papers) by a $3K cap. Read more! www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/09/03/n...
NIH explores capping APCs: Let’s look at the evidence
by Stefanie Haustein, Eric Schares, Juan Pablo Alperin, Flavia Camargo, Lisa Matthias, Lucía Céspedes, Constance Poitras & Dorothea Strecker On April 30 2025, the US National Institutes of Heal…
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September 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
NEW POST: NIH explores capping APCs: Let’s look at the evidence! We used data of NIH funded from 2025, and found that APCs for a few as 7% journals (or 6% of papers) would be fully covered by a $2K cap, 25% of journals (or 21% of papers) by a $3K cap. Read more! www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/09/03/n...
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Academics (including the journal’s founder) told Wiley to pound sand, started an open access journal, and Wiley just surrendered. I think more academics should tell academic publishers to pound sand. They are vampires.
Wiley officially closes the Journal of Political Philosophy, which was abandoned by its editorial team and shunned by academics after Wiley attempted moves that would have compromised the journal's editorial independence.
Journal of Political Philosophy Officially Ends - Daily Nous
"The Journal of Political Philosophy will cease publication effective January 1, 2026." That's from an email sent by the journal's publisher, Wiley, earlier today, calling the move "a difficult decisi...
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July 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Academics (including the journal’s founder) told Wiley to pound sand, started an open access journal, and Wiley just surrendered. I think more academics should tell academic publishers to pound sand. They are vampires.
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Springer Nature makes clear that federally-funded authors who want to publish in SN journals will have to pay #APCs.
https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/us-federal-agency-compliance
Submitting articles to one of SN's non-OA or subscription-based journals, to avoid the APC, is not an […]
https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/us-federal-agency-compliance
Submitting articles to one of SN's non-OA or subscription-based journals, to avoid the APC, is not an […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
July 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Springer Nature makes clear that federally-funded authors who want to publish in SN journals will have to pay #APCs.
https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/us-federal-agency-compliance
Submitting articles to one of SN's non-OA or subscription-based journals, to avoid the APC, is not an […]
https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/us-federal-agency-compliance
Submitting articles to one of SN's non-OA or subscription-based journals, to avoid the APC, is not an […]
Unfair publisher fees for deposit into repositories highlight the need for authors to exercise their rights coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
Unfair publisher fees for deposit into repositories highlight the need for authors to exercise their rights
Image: Adobe Stock Image Scientific knowledge is a public good Science and scholarship are about sharing and advancing knowledge, and many open access policies have been diligently designed in orde…
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June 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Unfair publisher fees for deposit into repositories highlight the need for authors to exercise their rights coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
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This article offers a pretty sensible argument for bringing more of publishing back under university control. There's no reason to frame it in such a clickbaity way; it has nothing to do with anything Kennedy is pushing for.
www.chronicle.com/article/what...
www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What RFK Jr. Got Right About Academic Publishing
The system no longer works for anyone except corporate publishers.
www.chronicle.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This article offers a pretty sensible argument for bringing more of publishing back under university control. There's no reason to frame it in such a clickbaity way; it has nothing to do with anything Kennedy is pushing for.
www.chronicle.com/article/what...
www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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We're excited to take this step, and to talk to other folks who are interested in experimenting. If you have something you're excited to try, reply here -- and we might even fund it. asterainstitute.substack.com/p/scientific...
Scientific Publishing: Enough is Enough
Why we're no longer funding journal publications
asterainstitute.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:55 AM
We're excited to take this step, and to talk to other folks who are interested in experimenting. If you have something you're excited to try, reply here -- and we might even fund it. asterainstitute.substack.com/p/scientific...
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So excited to see this work finally published!
💥New: American University is redefining what counts in #academia—valuing public & interdisciplinary work over outdated metrics. Colleagues Karen Baehler, Rachel Borchardt, Priya Doshi & Amanda Taylor share how faculty-led #reforms can align rewards with real-world #impact 🚀
Faculty promotion guidelines should account for a wider range of valuable academic work - Impact of Social Sciences
American University recently revised its faculty evaluation guidelines to better recognise public and interdisciplinary scholarship and move away from outdated metrics. Through inclusive,…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
So excited to see this work finally published!
New video: Championing Open Scholarship at the #USask Library
#USaskResearch
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#USaskResearch
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Championing Open Scholarship - University Library
A key goal of the University Library’s Strategic Framework is Championing Open Scholarship.
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May 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New video: Championing Open Scholarship at the #USask Library
#USaskResearch
library.usask.ca/news/2025/ch...
#USaskResearch
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The University Library #USask is now hosting diamond open access journals! No fees for readers or authors. Equitable & sustainable.
We recently welcomed the Engaged Scholar Journal to our new service & helped them celebrate 10 years of publishing.
#USaskResearch
library.usask.ca/news/2025/10...
We recently welcomed the Engaged Scholar Journal to our new service & helped them celebrate 10 years of publishing.
#USaskResearch
library.usask.ca/news/2025/10...
10 Years of the Engaged Scholar Journal - University Library
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Engaged Scholar Journal and the Launch of USask Library’s Diamond Open Access Journal Hosting Service
library.usask.ca
May 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The University Library #USask is now hosting diamond open access journals! No fees for readers or authors. Equitable & sustainable.
We recently welcomed the Engaged Scholar Journal to our new service & helped them celebrate 10 years of publishing.
#USaskResearch
library.usask.ca/news/2025/10...
We recently welcomed the Engaged Scholar Journal to our new service & helped them celebrate 10 years of publishing.
#USaskResearch
library.usask.ca/news/2025/10...
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I disagree. Peer review offers some degree of quality assurance, but still many articles in reputable journals have major flaws.
Good science can be found in reputable journals, but also on preprint servers. Conversely, bad science can be found on preprint servers, but also in reputable journals.
Good science can be found in reputable journals, but also on preprint servers. Conversely, bad science can be found on preprint servers, but also in reputable journals.
April 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I disagree. Peer review offers some degree of quality assurance, but still many articles in reputable journals have major flaws.
Good science can be found in reputable journals, but also on preprint servers. Conversely, bad science can be found on preprint servers, but also in reputable journals.
Good science can be found in reputable journals, but also on preprint servers. Conversely, bad science can be found on preprint servers, but also in reputable journals.
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"As national and international conversations on scholarly publishing evolve, it is vital to recognize libraries not just as contributors, but as key players driving a more equitable and sustainable publishing system."
By @ahemnason.bsky.social and colleagues.
ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cj...
By @ahemnason.bsky.social and colleagues.
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Low-Key Load-Bearing: Defining the National Role of Canada’s Library Publishing Programs
| The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science
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April 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"As national and international conversations on scholarly publishing evolve, it is vital to recognize libraries not just as contributors, but as key players driving a more equitable and sustainable publishing system."
By @ahemnason.bsky.social and colleagues.
ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cj...
By @ahemnason.bsky.social and colleagues.
ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cj...
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Save the dates: April 30, May 14 & June 4 to learn more about #OpenAccess! SPARC is partnering w/ the Scholarly Communications Notebook team to host a 2nd round of our OA101 series. Webinars are free & open to anyone working in libraries. Register for one or all: sparcopen.org/news/2025/oa...
OA 101 Round 2: Visibility & Impact, Problematizing “Predatory” Publishing, and Authors Rights - SPARC
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April 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Save the dates: April 30, May 14 & June 4 to learn more about #OpenAccess! SPARC is partnering w/ the Scholarly Communications Notebook team to host a 2nd round of our OA101 series. Webinars are free & open to anyone working in libraries. Register for one or all: sparcopen.org/news/2025/oa...
"Research assessment and scientific publishing are interwoven in complex ways, which means the agendas of the assessment and publishing reform movements need to be aligned as closely as possible."
@ludowaltman.bsky.social
www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/ass...
@ludowaltman.bsky.social
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Assessment reform and publishing reform need to go hand in hand
The need to reform research assessment and scientific publishing practices is widely recognized. However, Ludo Waltman argues that the assessment and publishing reform movements will be successful onl...
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March 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"Research assessment and scientific publishing are interwoven in complex ways, which means the agendas of the assessment and publishing reform movements need to be aligned as closely as possible."
@ludowaltman.bsky.social
www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/ass...
@ludowaltman.bsky.social
www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/ass...
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Excited to be launching Open Journals Collective today! We're working with librarians, academics & university-based publishers to replace commercial TAs with a community-led alternative. This is designed to save libraries money & tackle the rampant inequalities of global academic publishing. #UKSG25
Hello world! We’re a new nonprofit that brings together academic, libraries & university-based publishers. We’ll be launching a large collection of hundreds of HSS diamond #openaccess journals in Jan. 2026.
March 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Excited to be launching Open Journals Collective today! We're working with librarians, academics & university-based publishers to replace commercial TAs with a community-led alternative. This is designed to save libraries money & tackle the rampant inequalities of global academic publishing. #UKSG25
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Our response is to fight, to protect, and to build.
March 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Our response is to fight, to protect, and to build.
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Oh yeah, here's the link to the videos: youtu.be/HSf79S3XkJw?... #MetricsLiteracies #MetricsLiteracy #hIndex #Bibliometrics #DORA #ResearchAssessmentReform
What is the h-index and what are its limitations? Or: Stop using the h-index [Animation]
YouTube video by ScholCommLab
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March 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Oh yeah, here's the link to the videos: youtu.be/HSf79S3XkJw?... #MetricsLiteracies #MetricsLiteracy #hIndex #Bibliometrics #DORA #ResearchAssessmentReform
Happy Green OA Day!
#USask researchers: the library can help make your research open access for FREE and LEGALLY through HARVEST, our repository.
We also have a free Upload Service: let library staff do the work of copyright checking & upload for you.
See more: library.usask.ca/news/2025/ce...
#USask researchers: the library can help make your research open access for FREE and LEGALLY through HARVEST, our repository.
We also have a free Upload Service: let library staff do the work of copyright checking & upload for you.
See more: library.usask.ca/news/2025/ce...
Celebrate Green OA Day with HARVEST - University Library
Green open access (OA) is a free and legal way to share your research
library.usask.ca
March 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Happy Green OA Day!
#USask researchers: the library can help make your research open access for FREE and LEGALLY through HARVEST, our repository.
We also have a free Upload Service: let library staff do the work of copyright checking & upload for you.
See more: library.usask.ca/news/2025/ce...
#USask researchers: the library can help make your research open access for FREE and LEGALLY through HARVEST, our repository.
We also have a free Upload Service: let library staff do the work of copyright checking & upload for you.
See more: library.usask.ca/news/2025/ce...
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Our #APC analysis preprint was cited in a Wall Street Journal story today, along with Elsevier's response.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
#AcademicPublishing #MetaSci #ScholCommLab
@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
www.wsj.com/business/med...
#AcademicPublishing #MetaSci #ScholCommLab
@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
March 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our #APC analysis preprint was cited in a Wall Street Journal story today, along with Elsevier's response.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
#AcademicPublishing #MetaSci #ScholCommLab
@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
www.wsj.com/business/med...
#AcademicPublishing #MetaSci #ScholCommLab
@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca