PEEER: Publishing for an Ethical and Equitable Environment in Research

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  • Navigating Scientific Publishing: Challenges and Paths Toward Equity

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    Current changes in scientific publishing are among the most radical in over 50 years, with the range of publishing options rapidly expanding. Publisher-owned journals often dominate the landscape, while rising Article Processing Charges (APCs) and surging Open Access (OA) threaten to leave authors and institutions with few affordable options. These changes increase inequity among institutions…

  • Rethinking Scientific Publishing: A Call for Change

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    Scientific publishing lies at the core of academic life. It is the main mechanism through which knowledge is shared, careers are built, and progress is evaluated. However, this system has evolved in ways that are not always beneficial. Across disciplines, researchers now face increasing pressure to publish more frequently, in faster cycles, and in higher-impact…

  • Two problems with scientific conferences

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    Akin to the problems in scientific publishing driven by the ever-increasing influence of for-profit publishers since the 1950s and particularly emphasized in the past two decades, problems are also becoming clearer in the organization of scientific conferences. The consequences have potential to be similarly severe, given the central role of societies and annual meetings, alongside…

  • Rising editorial resignations underscore disputes over academic independence

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    Mass resignations of managing editors and entire editorial boards from scholarly journals aren’t new, but the frequency has picked up in recent years. Since 2023, editors of over 25 journals have resigned in protest over disputes with their publishing companies. One of the most recent examples is Mathematical Logic Quarterly, a Wiley journal, where editors…

  • Swiss universities discontinue negotiations with Wiley

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    The universities in Switzerland (swissuniversities) were in negotiations with Wiley for almost a year to establish a good Read & Publish agreement at a fair price. After swissuniversities submitted a compromise offer, which was not accepted by Wiley, the negotiations were discontinued in March 2025. swissuniversities’ announcement of the “no-deal situation” can be read at https://www.swissuniversities.ch/en/topics/open-science/publisher-negotiations/wiley.…