One of the most glass-shattering moments I’ve had during my undergraduate studies is when my lecturer told me that “scientists are people first”, after I was confused as to why some scientist in the news acted out of the norm. Nowadays, of course, it makes all the sense, scientists aren’t just factory robots pumping out […]
Open access publishing has grown over the years prompted by concerns about the accessibility of science to the general public. However, publishing is not free, whether materials are needed for print or servers are needed to keep repository websites online, there is a bill to pay. How can we ensure the cost of OA publishing […]
Many aspects of the scientific publishing system have not changed despite a wide breadth of technological advances in recent times. Other media industries such as news and entertainment have diversified away from print media, essentially being decentralized across the internet and the world. However, academic publishing has largely remained stagnant with a print-media business model […]