TY - JOUR
KW - academic publishing
KW - early career researcher
KW - ethics
KW - Funding
KW - open access
KW - publication system
KW - Publishing
AU - Aurore Receveur
AU - Jonathan Bonfanti
AU - Stephanie D'Agata
AU - Andrew J. Helmstetter
AU - Nikki A. Moore
AU - Brunno F. Oliveira
AU - Cathleen Petit-Cailleux
AU - Erica Rievrs Borges
AU - Marieke Schultz
AU - Aaron N. Sexton
AU - Devi Veytia
AB - The publish-or-perish culture in academia has catalysed the development of an unethical publishing system. This system is characterised by the proliferation of journals and publishers—unaffiliated with learned societies or universities—that maintain extremely large revenues and profit margins diverting funds away from the academic community. Early career researchers (ECRs) are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of this publishing system because of intersecting factors, including pressure to pursue high impact publications, rising publication costs and job insecurity. Moving towards a more ethical system requires that scientists advocate for structural change by making career choices that come with risks, many of which disproportionately impact ECRs. We illuminate major issues facing ECRs in Ecology and Evolution under the current publishing system, and propose a portfolio of actions to promote systemic change that can be implemented by ECRs and established researchers.
BT - Ecology Letters
DA - 2024
DO - 10.1111/ele.14395
IS - 3
LA - en
N2 - The publish-or-perish culture in academia has catalysed the development of an unethical publishing system. This system is characterised by the proliferation of journals and publishers—unaffiliated with learned societies or universities—that maintain extremely large revenues and profit margins diverting funds away from the academic community. Early career researchers (ECRs) are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of this publishing system because of intersecting factors, including pressure to pursue high impact publications, rising publication costs and job insecurity. Moving towards a more ethical system requires that scientists advocate for structural change by making career choices that come with risks, many of which disproportionately impact ECRs. We illuminate major issues facing ECRs in Ecology and Evolution under the current publishing system, and propose a portfolio of actions to promote systemic change that can be implemented by ECRs and established researchers.
PY - 2024
EP - e14395
ST - David versus Goliath
T2 - Ecology Letters
TI - David versus Goliath: Early career researchers in an unethical publishing system
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ele.14395
VL - 27
Y2 - 2024-03-21
SN - 1461-0248
ER -