“RadioLab” Tackles Sci-Hub
Journalists fail to recognize game, but an interviewer reveals Elbakyan to be a sad head case
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Song: “What a Fool Believes”
When a temporary stand-in becomes a legend in a matter of months . . .
Preprints Don’t Work for OSTP
The week classified documents leaked via a Discord server, preprint servers pitch themselves as an OSTP solution
The Backlash Against OA Builds
More cracks are appearing in the walls of OA ideology — but will reason ultimately prevail?
A Clouded Future for Libraries
ITHAKA surveys librarians, but hides the implicit shrug most of their questions yielded
We Led Science to Politics
Lobbying and appealing to bureaucrats to impose OA revealed scientific publishing as ripe for politicization
Friday Song: “Ordinary World”
Released tentatively, this song brought back a legendary band with a sound most didn't recognize as theirs
Why Aren’t APC Payers Disclosed — Part 2
In 2021, the ICMJE extended and refined author disclosure requirements to include additional elements of support behind a published article — funding support, medical writing, and article processing charges (APCs):
Yet, publishers who claim to be compliant with ICMJE policies have never created a way for APC disclosures to be presented
Wait Until This Bill Arrives . . .
Transformative agreements centralize costs, so when the neutron star of APCs forms at major research institutions, things are going to get heated
Song: “Carry On Wayward Son”
A last-minute addition to save their careers, this song did just that — and then some