I love academia - the freedom to research things I find interesting - but one of the main reasons I think of leaving is this. The publishing system is broken, slow, for-profit, expensive, exclusive, and isn& #39;t set up to promote thorough science. https://twitter.com/flodebarre/status/1331232749693374472">https://twitter.com/flodebarr...

We urgently need more non-profit journals, run by academics or academic societies, where people can submit work...
It& #39;s the people behind the journals (editors, reviewers), who bring prestige, so I& #39;m hopeful that these crazy prices may accelerate alternative publication models

It’s crazy but I feel guilty when I submit or review a research paper - we& #39;re feeding the beast.

We’re stuck in a catch-22: support open access but pay crazy fees (or promote the insane growth of MDPI) or have your (publicly funded) work sit behind a pay-wall…