Continuing from the previous post discussing a distastefully profitable business, take a moment to explore the article recently published in the journal Science. It sheds light on the profound transformations underway in the scientific publishing sector, indicating that the landscape is rapidly evolving and poised for even more significant changes in the years ahead
"15 journals are outsourcing something central to science itself: the peer-review process. The journals, which include BMJ Open Science and Royal Society Open Science, say they will accept articles reviewed by a nonprofit “peer community” organization. It’s the first time that journals have guaranteed that they will accept the recommendations of another body with no further review....Or authors can choose to publish the paper—along with PCI RR’s recommendation—as a preprint, bypassing the journal system entirely..."
PS - It is crucial to recall that even Elsevier has acknowledged the diminishing relevance of traditional journals, signifying a recognition that their effectiveness is nearing obsolescence:
“…the leaders of Elsevier have now decided that the epoch of journals will soon be over..They now describe the company as a “global information analytics business that helps institutions and professionals progress science, advance healthcare, and improve performance.”...The company recognizes that science publishing will become a service that scientists will largely run themselves…The company thinks that there will be one company supplying publishing services to scientists—just as there is one Amazon, one Google, and one Facebook; and Elsevier aims to be that company.
