Yes, Another Science Blog: The Open Access and Science Visionaries

"Dylan Tweney has just written a terrific piece at VentureBeat, 'Watch this multi-billion-dollar industry evaporate overnight,' on the current and future state of the academic publishing industry. He perfectly captures the scam that the subscription publishers are running and is spot-on regarding the abyss into which their profits will plunge in the future. Mr. Tweney clearly highlights the three fundamental components that are key in revamping the publishing industry – shift to open access, post-publication peer review, and altmetrics (referred to as 'imprimatur of publishing' in the article, but more broadly, the effort to measure the quality of the research based on the article itself, rather than where it is published). The only thing missing from this article is the list of people who have been at the forefront of this effort. Strangely, Academia.edu is profiled as the major force reshaping the publishing landscape. I don't know a single person in the open access movement who has ever mentioned Academia.edu or ResearchGate as a serious part of the fight against the 300-year-old publishing paradigm. So, in the spirit of post-publication review and discussion, mentioned in this article, I would like to create the list of true luminaries in this movement. I will start it off with a subset of the visionaries and tireless advocates who have devoted themselves to fixing this broken system over the past 10, 15, and even 20 years. More importantly, I hope that the community will contribute and help to curate this list, so we can give credit to those who deserve it ..."