ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and bigger problems with scholarly publishing.. – Green Tea and Velociraptors

"So Discover Mag just published an article of mine, a sort of response to a piece in Forbes calling for academics to delete their ResearchGate and Academia.edu accounts. I thought the original piece was awesome and informative, but didn’t go far enough for me, and in fact many of the problems it pointed out where just parts of much bigger issues in the scholarly publishing ecosystem.

Here’s the full, unedited version, which has a bit more information and snark included. Comments on a postcard."