November 30, 2019
Aileen Fyfe, unearthing a 1963 publishing code for the UK's Royal Society: The Code was written at a time when the presence of commercial publishers was becoming more apparent in the world of scientific journals, and concerns were being raised over ownership and...
November 30, 2019
Sarah Darley, writing for in The Guardian: Going on strike is never an easy decision. I hate causing disruption to the team I work with and losing eight days’ pay, especially so close to Christmas. Striking is particularly hard for staff in precarious employment...
November 28, 2019
The imitable Heather Morrison, in a just-released-study updating David Solomon and Bo-Christer Björk's 2010 APC paper: The average APC reported by Solomon & Björk was 906 USD; the average in 2019 for the 739 journals for which we have APC data for both years is...
November 26, 2019
David Michaels, author of the new The Triump of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception, in a Chronicle interview: At minimum, academic institutions should require professors to disclose conflicts of interest. Institutions should report these conflicts to the...
November 26, 2019
F. King Alexander, in an Inside Higher Ed opinion piece: Of late, several organizations have produced a raft of studies that endeavor to derail investment in public education while lauding the virtues of for-profit and private education. Such studies have produced an...
