Corruption vs. Standards
Corruption continues, with glimmers of new hope via reemerging standards
For years, the tide of corruption in scholarly and scientific publishing has seemed to be rushing in unimpeded, even embraced, carried on waves of “open” ideologies that obscured risk and downsides, celebrated “disruption,” and sought to impose a monoculture on a diverse — in stages, regions, disciplines, goals, and businesses — information economy.
More recently, as the unintended and unmanaged consequences have become ever more apparent, a desire to impose norms and standards again has been growing.
But corruption is still generally winning, despite some amelioration elsewhere. Here are three stories — two about new corruptions, one about reinforced standards — you might find interesting, even emblematic.