Wiley Will Kill the Hindawi Brand
What to do with damaged goods? Relabeling them is a start.
More issues
Is OA Making Us Dumb?
The more involved with OA we become, the less sensitive to others, the more corrupt, and the dumber we seem.
What I’ve Been Reading
Here are some books I've been reading.
When Scientists Run Journals
A strange editorial reveals numerous strategic blunders as scientists prove status does not equate to pragmatism
Song: “You’ll Be In My Heart”
Written as a lullaby, this song won an Oscar and supported a lovely, if forgotten, Disney hit.
Pondering Poynder’s Pronouncements
A journalist sympathetic to the OA movement throws in the towel, and enumerates his reasons — but misses some big issues
Do LLMs Solve Any Problems?
Do LLMs have any clear reason for existing? Is the danger in how they might keep us from developing our potential? And two updates.
Pay Us to Point Out Problems
Should authors pointing out problems have to pay APCs? Who has a policy on this?
Is This Our First Reviewer Mill?
Paying peer-reviewers would only add costs, invite corruption, and drive out the altruists
Friday Song: “The Chain”
A Fleetwood Mac classic covered by Nuno Bettencourt's family at an annual musical gathering.