I completely agree that academic publishing is completely flawed and incentives are a mess. However, anyone that has actually sought to improve upon that must confess that changing this is difficult and will take time. I think it is an important cause.
Not publishing in academic fashion is not a viable or even working solution to the problem of academic publishing.
I understand, It’s a huge task to replace the 150 year systems set in place, we can’t do it overnight, but I do believe that not enough academics talk about it. I am not sure why.
I agree with you on the second point too, I have never source-cited anything that wasn’t peer reviewed and published in a journal, I know other academics will agree. I was just giving a perspective on why academic writers in general might go through the alternative routes of publishing.
I completely agree that academic publishing is completely flawed and incentives are a mess. However, anyone that has actually sought to improve upon that must confess that changing this is difficult and will take time. I think it is an important cause.
Not publishing in academic fashion is not a viable or even working solution to the problem of academic publishing.
I understand, It’s a huge task to replace the 150 year systems set in place, we can’t do it overnight, but I do believe that not enough academics talk about it. I am not sure why.
I agree with you on the second point too, I have never source-cited anything that wasn’t peer reviewed and published in a journal, I know other academics will agree. I was just giving a perspective on why academic writers in general might go through the alternative routes of publishing.