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A sweet, profitable commercial model underpinning the modern medical publishing industry was established by the controversial British business titan, Robert Maxwell. Maxwell recognized and exploited the appeal of scientific notoriety amongst researchers and scientists to win their approval for hundreds of new journal titles and their participation as unpaid peer reviewers.

With research content willingly provided by drug companies, the Maxwell model... marry a free-of-charge content and peer review process with a lucrative subscription model to generate unheard-of profit margins for a publishing business. Maxwell sold his empire for more than half a billion dollars in 1991, but his fingerprints remain on one of the world's most profitable publishing opportunities.

It bolsters authoritarians, weakens democratic voices and participation, exploits and exacerbates existing social cleavages, and silences opposition. Countering disinformation and promoting information integrity are necessary priorities for ensuring democracy can thrive.

The CEPPS Countering Disinformation Guide is a resource including nine thematic sections and a comprehensive database of interventions, highlighting various approaches for advancing information integrity and strengthening societal resilience to disinformation and other harmful online campaigns.