Scientific journals that feel straight out of 1665, prices that could come from a MrBeast meet-and-greet, privacy as lax as Facebook, and reliability as dubious as a TikTok lifehack: it was long past time for the EU to free science—if anyone would let it.

https://bjoern.brembs.net/2026/01/procurement-before-prestige

#openscience #openaccess #scholcom #scicom

Scientific journals that feel straight out of 1665, prices that could come from a MrBeast meet-and-greet, privacy as lax as Facebook, and reliability as dubious as a TikTok lifehack: it was long past time for the EU to free science—if anyone would let it.

https://bjoern.brembs.net/2026/01/procurement-before-prestige

#openscience #openaccess #scholcom #scicom