[GOAL] MDPI: price increases, some hefty, more to come in July

In brief: MDPI has increased prices, in many cases quite substantially (some prices have more than tripled). Even more price increases are anticipated in July 2019, which will have the effect of doubling the average APC and tripling the most common APC. Unlike other publishers’ practices, there

[GOAL] University of Edinburgh announced as host for the FORCE11 2019 conference on research communication in the digital age

FORCE11 and the University of Edinburgh are pleased to announce that Edinburgh, Scotland and the historic Murrayfield Rugby Stadium will be host to the FORCE2019 annual meeting, October 15 to 17. “We have a long and powerful tradition for challenging scholarly communication norms here in