“workers won't show up if they don't get paid, and customers won't buy things that cost everything they have…Unless, of course, you are an academic publisher, in which case this is just how you do business.” @pluralistic
Amen. I don’t mind that my work as author, peer reviewer and Associate Editor for journals is pro-bono, but do mind that publishing companies charge exorbitant prices that restrict access to what we make for free. I’m shifting my work to open access journals. #PeerReview
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“workers won't show up if they don't get paid, and customers won't buy things that cost everything they have…Unless, of course, you are an academic publisher, in which case this is just how you do business.” @pluralistic
Amen. I don’t mind that my work as author, peer reviewer and Associate Editor for journals is pro-bono, but do mind that publishing companies charge exorbitant prices that restrict access to what we make for free. I’m shifting my work to open access journals. #PeerReview