Ethics, Other scientific evidence, Reference Library, Resource Type

The Business of Academic Publishing: A Critical Examination

| | Ethics, Other scientific evidence, Reference Library, Resource Type

Reference: Smith, R. (2018). The business of academic publishing: “a catastrophe”. The Lancet, 392, 1186-1187. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32489-3 Summary: The documentary Paywall: The Business of Scholarship critiques the profit-driven nature of academic publishing, highlighting that publishers earn exorbitant profit margins by capitalising on free academic content. Interviews with nearly 70 academics reveal a consensus that the system […]