PEEER: Publishing for an Ethical and Equitable Environment in Research

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  • From tools to projects promoting Open Access in the publishing environment

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    Multiple initiatives are now building tools for exploring and standards for identifying Open Access publishing internationally. Here are a few examples: Open Science Indicators, developed by PLOS, provide an interactive framework to explore and measure baseline open science practices, from article and preprint publication to the sharing of data, code, and protocols across the scientific literature.…

  • Different publishing models, different choices: reflections from editing under these scenarios

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    The publishing system is an intriguing arena where different approaches and philosophies intersect. Researchers who publish scientific papers naturally have aims and expectations that differ greatly from those of publishing companies, and these two main groups often disagree. Yet, even when we focus solely on the scientists involved in the publication process, expectations and attitudes…

  • Reclaiming science publishing: problems, DAFNEE, and paths forward

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    Misaligned incentives in science publishing The economics of contemporary scientific publishing are increasingly misaligned with the interests of the research community. Many journals are owned by large commercial publishers that charge subscription fees and article processing charges (APCs) far above real publication costs, diverting public funds into private profit rather than research and teaching. At…

  • The Stockholm Declaration: a Call to Reform Academic Publishing

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    Science depends on honesty, but increasing career pressure is driving the rise of paywalls, predatory journals, and fake or heavily manipulated AI-generated papers from paper mills, all of which undermine academic freedom and integrity. The Stockholm Declaration (see Sciii – Science & Innovation Integrity and Sabel & Larhammar, 2025) is a call to action —…

  • Advancing diamond OA

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    Stanford University Press (SUP) — which has a long and storied history in book publishing — has branched out into journal publishing in association with the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). The initiative was developed in consultation with Standford Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Communications in response to the mounting burdens on the research community imposed by…