Post #1258321
2026-03-12 11:53 UTC
@kangmeister @ProfKinyon
Indeed, old journals that have fallen prey to the tactics of the Robert Maxwell's of this world are only alive by inertia, by the good will of editors and reviewers, supporting an extractive, abusive commercial enterprise that does not serve their communities.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science
A better way is possible, exemplified now by many, including JMLR https://jmlr.org/, Tim Gower's Discrete Analysis https://discreteanalysisjournal.com/, Donald Knuth and others https://www.chronicle.com/article/editorial-board-of-scientific-journal-quits-accusing-elsevier-of-price-gouging/ and more.
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