What are the flaws in scientific publishing, who's responsible, and how can we fix it? ALSO SEE US LIVE IN LONDON!!! LETSLEARNEVERYTHING.COM/LIVE Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:47) Scientific Publishing Part I (00:35:57) Scientific Publishing Part II (01:13:07) Outro Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: We almost do the same grim joke, the live show will have 50% more hosts than this, before publications there were societies and books and letters, in 1665 a Henry Oldenburg of the royal society starts “Philosophical Transactions”, the longest continuous journal (ignoring the time Olderburg was put in a tower for criticizing the king), the discovery of Jupiter’s red spot and also a deformed calf, Newton’s Optics was published in Philosophical Transactions first, Science has bad SEO, the doubling time of papers is 14 years since the 1950s, Ella’s peer review process, errors can be missed and biases affected, not paying reviewers is a bug that’s labelled as a feature, government funded research can still be privately owned, we’ve all agreed “processing fee” just means bullshit, there’s some things I don’t want to be “fun”, Elsevier has a 38% profit margin while Alphabet’s is 32%, editorial resignations in protest, I’m excited to add Robert Maxwell to my Arya Stark list of people, Maxwell died on his yes-that-Ghislaine-Maxwell Yacht, the scheme to buyout scientists for their papers, cover upfront costs - own copyright - flood with new journals - reap the subscription costs, “jesus wept”, retractions are growing by about 20% each year, I’m buying Ella a dictionary so she can learn what “fun” means, fool me 239 time shame on me, paper mills, predatory journals are pay to win, the Chinese restaurant metaphor keeps staying accurate, no it’s not nature our journal is nurture, is this finally rock bottom? the public review curate model, the pros and cons of preprints, diamond open access, the nelson memo, “I think the Ghislaine Mawell death yacht is fun”. Sources:Royal Society: History of Scientific JournalsRoyal Society: Philosophical Transactions The Early YearsRoyal Society: Philosophical Transactions Issue 1University College London: A History of Scientific JournalsPhilosophical Transactions A: Newton Shows the LightRoyal Society Notes and Records: 350 Years of Scientific PeriodicalsBroad Research Communication Lab: Peer Review - a Historical PerspectiveNature Humanities and Social Sciences Communications: Growth Rates of Modern ScienceJSTOR: The History of Peer Review is More Interesting Than You ThinkBritish Journal of Biomedical Science: The Peer Review Process: Past, Present, and FutureJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine: Peer Review: A Flawed Process at the Heart of Science and JournalsThe Conversation: Academic Publishing is a Multibillion Dollar IndustryNew Scientists: Time to Break Academic Publishing’s Stranglehold on ResearchThe Lancet: Should Peer Reviewers Be Paid?Guardian: Is the Staggeringly Profitable Business of Scientific Publishing Bad for Science? (Robert Maxwell Longread)Research Professional News: Elsevier ProfitGuardian: George Monbiot on Academic PublishersRetraction Watch: Statistics and Computing ResignationGuardian: The Murky Life of Robert MaxwellJournal of the Academy of Public Health: The Rise and Fall of Scientific Journals and a Way ForwardEBSCO Research: Publish or Perish ParadoxUniversity of Technology Sydney: The ‘Publish or Perish’ Mentality is Undermining ScienceRetraction Watch: COVID RetractionsRetraction Watch: Most CitedRetraction Watch: Retractions by Nobel Prize WinnersRetraction Watch: Most RetractionsBritish Medical Journal: Boldt the Great PretenderNato Strategic Communication Centre: Disinformation and Scholarly CommunicationsThe Conversation: Paper MillsToxicologic Pathology: Predatory Journals: What They Are and How to Avoid ThemThe Lancet: Lessons From the Influx of Preprints During the Early COVID-19 PandemicThe Conversation: Diamond Open AccessSan Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinlearn

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