Do We Need a New Model for Academic Publishing? | University of Venus
Amyluv's bookmarks 2017-10-10
Summary:
"In the past few months there have been two instances of highly controversial -- some would say offensive -- pieces being published in academic journals.
Some see these as indicative of larger problems with the way that academic journals function, citing failures in the peer-review process, as well as issues with the continued focus on high citation counts, which result whether the piece is linked to as a result of controversial content or academic relevance.
Are these instances indicative of larger issues in the academic journal community? What can be done?"