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To be honest, I don't think this is going to be solved from the bottom up. I think a lot of scientists know that they are making compromises between doing scien
by kerkeslager 6y ago
To be honest, I don't think this is going to be solved from the bottom up. I think a lot of scientists know that they are making compromises between doing science and pursuing their career. But we can't reasonably ask people to do better science when better science means living on an adjunct salary for the rest of their life. The change has to come from publishers.
The replication crisis will continue until publishers incentivize replication.
- kashyapc 6y agoOne researcher-friend did admit of the compromise you speak of, and the internal struggle that goes with it. What remains is the "small matter" of persuading the publishers to action.
- kerkeslager 6y agoThat may work with some publishers--MIT Press in particular seems particularly amenable to change, probably because their funding isn't dependent on the popularity of their publications. But the profit-motivated publishers who have a "working" business model aren't going to be persuaded to change it easily. We've watched hundreds of brick and mortar video stores and newspapers go out of business rather than step into the future--if history is any teacher here, the Elseviers of the world will go bankrupt rather than change. And that's a good thing. A revolution in academic science led by Elsevier would be like King George leading the American Revolution. Real fundamental change isn't going to come from the profiteers who caused the problem in the first place.