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From the authors of the forthcoming book ”How the Internet Disrupted Science” comes this view of science from where the action is — the scientific claims and publishing space. Hosted by Kent Anderson and Joy Moore, listeners receive analyses of current events, updates about the book, and opinions on various topics of interest. Book pre-sales available now. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-the-Internet-Disrupted-Science/Kent-Anderson/9781493094400
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Wednesday Aug 06, 2025
Wednesday Aug 06, 2025
Paid OA has co-opted editors into paid placement collaborators within publishers. We talk about the implications of this, explore it as a cleaner thought experiment and its implications, and reflect on how dumb a business it is if the goal is article placement commerce.
Also, we discuss the related issue of why paper mills and others exist and are flooding the literature.
PNAS paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2420092122
NYTimes coverage: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/science/04hs-science-papers-fraud-research-paper-mills.html
Provoke the Truth (pod music) — https://provokethetruth.net/
Contact us: DISRUPTEDSCIENCE@GMAIL.COM
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