Introduction The idea that universities might become their own publishers sounds radical at first glance. After all, academic publishing has long been dominated by large commercial houses with global brands, subscription bundles, and profit margins that would make most university administrators blink twice. Yet beneath the surface, something has been shifting. Universities are rethinking their … Read more
Introduction Academic publishing is currently undergoing a midlife crisis of some sort. For decades, the traditional model of shipping papers off to a corporate giant, waiting six months for peer review, and then paying to read your own work has been the standard. However, as the internet matured, researchers began to realize that the heavy … Read more
Introduction The academic publishing world has long been dominated by a subscription-based model, often humorously referred to as a system where public research (funded by public money) is locked behind an expensive paywall and then sold back to the very public institutions that generated it. It is a brilliant, if somewhat ethically questionable, business model. … Read more
Introduction For decades, the dominant academic publishing ecosystem has been one where research, often funded by public money, is locked behind expensive subscription paywalls. This has fueled a crisis of access, disproportionately affecting institutions and scholars in the Global South and the public at large. Enter open access, a movement aiming to liberate research from … Read more
Introduction Welcome to the academic jungle. For years now, a particular species of profiteer has been multiplying rapidly, masquerading as legitimate scholarly communication: the predatory journals. These entities, driven by profit rather than scholarship, exploit the open access publishing model and the academic pressure to “publish or perish.” They promise rapid publication, often for a … Read more