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Björn Brembs

If Nature magazine calls something "radical" so often, you can bet it is a new #openaccess policy that is threatening their business:

nature.com/articles/d41586-023

And of course the new #openscience proposal from cOAlition S is anything but radical. It is evidence-based, straightforward and logical - which is precisely why it must threaten the parasitic business model of academic publishers:

coalition-s.org/towards-respon

This is the right proposal at the right time, it's what academia needs, finally!

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Doug Bostrom

@brembs

"...an Elsevier spokesperson emphasized the value of the firm’s work in supporting peer review, training editors and improving article content."

Fairly sure it was an Elsevier journal that published an article containing moaning and whining from the lead author clearly intended for private consumption by an editor.

Skimming hundreds of articles per week reveals a dismal record of QC in the copy editing department. These errors arguably would vanish beneath the gaze of more eyes.

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