Friends, Most Indian researchers, anxious to get their papers published at any cost, sign away their rights to the publishers and even part with huge sums of money (as APC). Neither of them is a good idea. Please impress upon the faculty and research students in your institution that they NEED NOT surrender their right to the journal except the first right to publish the paper.
As commercial publishers are in the business to make money, they tend to ignore what is good for science and scientists. After all, their priority is to serve the interest of their shareholders, care a damn about the quality of science and the wellbeing of the scientific enterprise. How else can we explain thousands of papers published being retracted on the grounds of poor refereeing and research misconduct? That's why the Cambridge mathematician and Fields Medal Winner Sir Timothy Gowers came up with 'the cost of knowledge' document and the 'Boycott Elsevier' call as early as January 2012. Sadly, the scientific community missed the opportunity and, if I may say, let down Sir Timothy. Since then we have seen several instances of en masse resignation of editorial boards of journals published by commercial publishers. Here is the latest: https://retractionwatch.com/2024/02/12/econ-journal-board-quits-en-masse-because-wiley-appeared-to-emphasize-quantity-over-quality/ . Here is forthcoming webinar you might wish to attend. Please spread the word. https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/41423/. With warm regards, Arun -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CABghs%2BaNh6%2B5qiM13MJoOw4C-ms5SyjM4V0AaPodD3MSJ_SV1w%40mail.gmail.com.
