Scientists occupy publishers! | Stem Cell Assays

“As you know, since the first day, we are advocating and promoting open science. Today, we would call you to act. We can’t stay aside. We would like to support the movement emerging among scientists worldwide. The tipping point has arrived! The system of publishing in academia doesn’t function properly any more! Academic publishers have become the enemies of science! We should declare a war!... Open science: [1] saves lives; [2] increase scientific visibility, productivity, collaboration and number of citations; [3] allows to solve scientific controversies quickly; [4] enable to develop technologies which bring the benefits to society. Unfortunately, academic publishers are not supporting all of these necessities any more... We should act now: [1] refuse to publish your research in “closed-access” journals; [2] refuse to peer-review manuscripts for “closed-access” and overpriced journals; [3] refuse to work as editors for big publishing corporations; [4] support free journals with open science principles; [5] precisely target journals representing non-profit scientific societies; [6] refuse to publish in predatory overpriced “open access” journals; [7] sign petitions online: The Cost of Knowledge and Research Without Walls; [8] spread the word: re-post, email, tweet, like, share this info in any possible way. Join the movement! Unfortunately, most of these actions can be taken only by faculty members, who have a voice in academia. But “scholarly young” (grad students and postdocs) also can act by spreading the information...”