Description

In this week's episode, we talk about publisher surveillance, the increased market concentration of publishing, and the University of Cape Town fire.

SOURCES

Preprint - publication links

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11192-021-03900-7

Stop tracking science petition

https://stoptrackingscience.eu/https://elephantinthelab.org/when-your-journal-reads-you/

German Projekt DEAL report

https://www.cesifo.org/en/publikationen/2021/working-paper/impact-german-deal-competition-academic-publishing-market

UCT fire

https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2021-04-21-its-all-gone-uct-says-flames-consumed-african-treasure-trove/

Sesotho UCT Open Access Book

https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-04-16-proud-moment-as-uct-launches-first-sesotho-open-access-book

https://openbooks.uct.ac.za/uct/catalog/book/28