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I don't understand why those journals are still a thing. It seems that almost all universities in the world agree that Elsevier and similar journals are predato
by rainyMammoth 7y ago
I don't understand why those journals are still a thing.
It seems that almost all universities in the world agree that Elsevier and similar journals are predatory.
Why can they not all agree to all switch journals at once to something managed by committee, similar to what is done in the open source world.
Is the status-quo that difficult to break? In this specific case why are all those biologist not starting a new journal, pushing other people in biology to join them and boycott Elsevier?
- DocTomoe 7y ago> Why can they not all agree to all switch journals at once to something managed by committee, similar to what is done in the open source world. That would mean that committee being staffed by volunteers - and the people that are qualified for that kind of job (scholars) already have enough on their plate. Elsevier & Co. sell convinience, not scientific articles.
- jhbadger 7y agoBut the thing is, almost all of the work is already done by volunteers! Reviewers and even most editors for journals are academics giving their time for free. Basically the one thing journals due these days is typeset. As weird as it may sound for those in math and physics, most of the scientific world doesn't use TeX/LaTeX. Instead, they submit a manuscript in Microsoft Word that needs to be typeset.