This. Journals aren't science. They aren't even good for science. They create the wrong incentives for scientific publishing and are a primary driver of the rep

This. Journals aren't science. They aren't even good for science. They create the wrong incentives for scientific publishing and are a primary driver of the replication crisis. Open forums with science publishing for the sake of science should be the direction of travel, but we see a trajectory towards gatekeeping infected by corporate profiteering.