From symbiont to parasite: the evolution of for-profit science publishing
| Autor: | Peter Walter, Dyche Mullins |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Kellogg, Doug |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
0102 computer and information sciences
Biology 01 natural sciences Medical and Health Sciences Competition (economics) Power (social and political) 03 medical and health sciences For profit Humans Molecular Biology Publication 030304 developmental biology Publishing 0303 health sciences business.industry Field (Bourdieu) Research Cell Biology Public relations Biological Sciences Work (electrical) 010201 computation theory & mathematics Perspective Elite business Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Molecular biology of the cell, vol 30, iss 20 Molecular Biology of the Cell |
| Popis: | Two 17th century institutions—learned societies and scientific journals—transformed science in ways that still dominate our professional lives today. Learned societies like the American Society for Cell Biology remain relevant because they provide forums for sharing results, discussing the practice of science, and projecting our voices to the public and the policy makers. Scientific journals still disseminate our work, but in the Internet-connected world of the 21st century, this is no longer their critical function. Journals remain relevant almost entirely because they provide a playing field for scientific and professional competition: to claim credit for a discovery, we publish it in a peer-reviewed journal; to get a job in academia or money to run a lab, we present these published papers to universities and funding agencies. Publishing is so embedded in the practice of science that whoever controls the journals controls access to the entire profession. We must reform our methods for evaluating the contributions of younger scientists and deflate the power of a small number of "elite" journals. More generally, given the recent failure of research institutions around the world to strike satisfactory deals with publishing giant Elsevier, the time has come to examine the motives and methods of those to whom we have entrusted the keys to the kingdom of science. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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