@adamshostack @vardi @tychotithonus I believe our publications should not be in the hand of a single institution. #arXiv, #OpenResearchEurope (https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/) or even better a distributed/federated repository run by universities would be a better solution. In terms of editing, at least in CS, publishers don鈥檛 add value but friction (it鈥檚 outsourced to underpaid workers who add unnecessary mistakes and are impossible to communicate with), so this step can probably discarded. Indexing is still largely controlled by the big publishers ( #scopus), so we need open alternatives (such as #dblp).
@vardi @tychotithonus I think trading open access to core content for selling other data is a decent win. The move should have been more transparent, but if we demand everything for free, we simply drive APCs up.
@adamshostack @vardi @tychotithonus I believe our publications should not be in the hand of a single institution. #arXiv, #OpenResearchEurope (https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/) or even better a distributed/federated repository run by universities would be a better solution. In terms of editing, at least in CS, publishers don鈥檛 add value but friction (it鈥檚 outsourced to underpaid workers who add unnecessary mistakes and are impossible to communicate with), so this step can probably discarded. Indexing is still largely controlled by the big publishers ( #scopus), so we need open alternatives (such as #dblp).
Update. The French 饾槉饾槮饾槸饾樀饾槼饾槮 饾槸饾槩饾樀饾槳饾槹饾槸饾槩饾槶 饾槬饾槮 饾槶饾槩 饾槼饾槮饾槫饾槱饾槮饾槼饾槫饾槱饾槮 饾槾饾槫饾槳饾槮饾槸饾樀饾槳饾槯饾槳饾槻饾樁饾槮 ( #CNRS) is canceling the #WebOfScience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #Scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
Update. The French 饾槉饾槮饾槸饾樀饾槼饾槮 饾槸饾槩饾樀饾槳饾槹饾槸饾槩饾槶 饾槬饾槮 饾槶饾槩 饾槼饾槮饾槫饾槱饾槮饾槼饾槫饾槱饾槮 饾槾饾槫饾槳饾槮饾槸饾樀饾槳饾槯饾槳饾槻饾樁饾槮 ( #CNRS) is canceling the #WebOfScience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #Scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science