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Invasion of the ‘journal snatchers’: the firms that buy science publications and turn them rogue Study finds dozens of journals that have hiked their fees and started churning out papers after being acquired by small, recently formed companies.

🚨 Nature warns about journal snatchers turning legit journals into predatory ones. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Supporting medical science in the USA The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science. On April 14, Edwin R Martin Jr, the Trump-appointed interim ...

The Trump administration targets #ScienceJournals. The Lancet warns no one is safe: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan.... Revues like N Engl J Med report pressure ; federally funded journals suspend submissions. OCL Journal stands for free, #OpenScience. #ScienceUnderThreat

Invasion of the ‘journal snatchers’: the firms that buy science publications and turn them rogue Study finds dozens of journals that have hiked their fees and started churning out papers after being acquired by small, recently formed companies.

🔎 Nature published a worrying article titled "Invasion of the ‘journal snatchers’: the firms that buy science publications and turn them rogue." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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#Solvent solutions: comparing #extraction methods for edible #oils and #proteins in a changing regulatory landscape.

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Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023 This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...

📊 Between 2019 and 2023, researchers spent $8.349 billion on #APCs to publish open access with 6 major publishers.
Source : arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
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