Georg Fischer 🇪🇺🇺🇦 on Nostr: "‘The entire infrastructure that science builds on is commercialised’, says YAG ...

"‘The entire infrastructure that science builds on is commercialised’, says YAG chairperson Lukas Linsi. ‘They effectively turn science into shareholder returns and dividend payouts, and it’s all public money.’"

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"‘We must understand our own worth’, agrees Taichi Ochi. ‘With the cost of publishing ever increasing, it also impacts how much money we can spend on other activities. We need to move away from a model that is draining money.’"
https://ukrant.nl/magazine/elseviers-stranglehold-on-academia-how-publishers-get-rich-from-our-data/?lang=en

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