Issues of publishing Should science be free?

High impact vs. Good research Trendy subjects of science Strip down data to highlight interesting results Remove experimental section – Impeeds the replication process Doesn’t accept negative findings No replication studies – Ex. 75% of corner stone articles could not be replicated 1 1) Economist – Trouble at the lab

Economy of publishing Subscription fees – Started out to fund printing and distributing journals – Outdated system? – Bad incentive for focused science – Should universities have to pay for database access? Problem for developing countries – Academic fee vs. General fee

Economy of publishing Publishing fee – Paying to show your research – Do we need advertisement for our science? – Is open access the solution?

WikiScience Free access Free publishing Retain the peer review process Structure based on field instead of journals Citation alert >> impact factor