[LINK] European Science Funders Ban Grantees From Publishing In Paywalled Journals

[JLWhitaker]

ABC RN Science Friction had a big story about science fraud today. Worth 
a listen. Mostly it was about the Chinese Science situation where 
publishing is required, so an industry of false results and false peer 
reviews has grown up to support it.

On 7/09/2018 9:29 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
> On 05/09/18 16:30, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>
>> European Science Funders Ban Grantees From Publishing In Paywalled 
>> Journals ...
>
> A move to open access research publishing will need, I suggest, a well 
> resourced information campaign, and a well staffed anti-fraud unit. 
> Otherwise we are likely to see fraud on a scale similar to that 
> resulting from the poorly managed Australian VET FEE-HELP scheme.
>
> Academics are not the most worldly of people and it is likely they 
> will make some stupid decisions when it comes to paying for 
> publication. Also it is likely that publishers, and brokers, will 
> attempt to game the new system. 
> http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2018/09/academic-open-access-publishing-needs.html
>
>


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