If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
10/10
If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
10/10
9/n
9/n
So we call on the actors with real power:
Funders and institutions. 💪
They can set the policies and reshape incentives. 8/n
So we call on the actors with real power:
Funders and institutions. 💪
They can set the policies and reshape incentives. 8/n
We argue that scholarly publishing needs to be re-communalized.
No, not communism, just academia taking back control of:
1) its journals (hello breakaway journals)
2) its assessment systems (hello @barcelonadori.bsky.social)
6/n
We argue that scholarly publishing needs to be re-communalized.
No, not communism, just academia taking back control of:
1) its journals (hello breakaway journals)
2) its assessment systems (hello @barcelonadori.bsky.social)
6/n
Good news: we already have everything needed to fix the system.
Alternative models without paywalls? ✔️
Preprints, diamond journals.
Open infrastructure at production cost not prestige markup? ✔️
@pkp.sfu.ca @scielo.org @redalyc.bsky.social @erudit.org
Community-run, community-governed. 4/n
Good news: we already have everything needed to fix the system.
Alternative models without paywalls? ✔️
Preprints, diamond journals.
Open infrastructure at production cost not prestige markup? ✔️
@pkp.sfu.ca @scielo.org @redalyc.bsky.social @erudit.org
Community-run, community-governed. 4/n
Fund researchers, students, labs, infrastructure… which all sounds better to me than enriching a publishing oligopoly. 3/n
Fund researchers, students, labs, infrastructure… which all sounds better to me than enriching a publishing oligopoly. 3/n
In just the last 5 years, 4 publishers made $US 41 billion in revenue and $14.7B in profit - money that largely comes from taxpayer-funded research budgets.
For context: the entire 2024 NSF budget was $9B USD.
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social made $3.9B that year at a 38% profit margin. 2/n
In just the last 5 years, 4 publishers made $US 41 billion in revenue and $14.7B in profit - money that largely comes from taxpayer-funded research budgets.
For context: the entire 2024 NSF budget was $9B USD.
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social made $3.9B that year at a 38% profit margin. 2/n
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
Dom är vakna kankse 90 timmar i veckan. Det kanske är *bra* för dom att träffa andra barn en tredjedel av tiden. Det kanske tillochmed är naturligt för flockdjur.
Dom är vakna kankse 90 timmar i veckan. Det kanske är *bra* för dom att träffa andra barn en tredjedel av tiden. Det kanske tillochmed är naturligt för flockdjur.
"Det är smått surrealistiskt att höra företrädare för de företag som i årtionden systematiskt och konsekvent försämrat villkoren för svenska bussförare efterfråga lösningar på förarbristen"
www.lt.se/2025-11-07/b...