The Ludditetheluddite
Sep 5, 2024, 7:58 PMThanks! I still really don't understand why the journal won't update her conflict of interest declaration at the very least.
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Bastian Greshake Tzovarasgedankenstuecke@scholar.socialSep 5, 2024, 7:59 PM@theluddite the problem are the conflict of interest the journals have themselves I think. You want to be seen as reputable but also get enough people submitting to charge the 4-figure sums from, so can’t go to far onto either end I guess :/
- The LudditetheludditeSep 5, 2024, 8:13 PM
I guess the joke is on the universities for paying them to publish it, as always. 🤷
- Bastian Greshake Tzovarasgedankenstuecke@scholar.socialSep 5, 2024, 8:15 PM
@theluddite yeah, academics have managed to let themselves be suckered into the worst deal, doing all the labor not only for free but paying through the nose for it.
- The LudditetheludditeSep 5, 2024, 8:18 PM
It's truly staggering. I've known for well over a decade (I was actually an undergrad at MIT when the Aaron Swartz arrest happened), and I'm still struggling to process the scale of the grift.
- Bastian Greshake Tzovarasgedankenstuecke@scholar.socialSep 5, 2024, 8:21 PM
@theluddite yeah, same here, even around the same time, maybe 2-3 years earlier - when I did my undergrad and some lecturer made an off-hand comment about open access :AngerOtter:
Sep 5, 2024, 8:21 PM@gedankenstuecke @theluddite Librarians also hate this, fwiw!
- The LudditetheludditeSep 5, 2024, 8:23 PM
Haha of course you do. On the right side of any issue, you always find the librarians and the quakers
- Bastian Greshake Tzovarasgedankenstuecke@scholar.socialSep 5, 2024, 8:23 PM
@jessamyn @theluddite Oh 100%! And I hope I didn't give the impression that I didn't appreciate that! Librarians & archivists are hands-down the best :librarian_hushing: :triforce:
- Sep 5, 2024, 8:27 PM
@gedankenstuecke @theluddite Yeah, no, you're good, I just enjoy a good kvetch against journal publishers.