Great Science Publishing Scandal

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Matthew Cobb, Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester, explores the hidden world of prestige, profits and piracy that lurks behind scientific journals... Matthew Cobb looks back at how the scientific publishing industry got to its current state and asks how it could change. He argues that scientists themselves need to break their addiction to wanting their articles to appear in a few well known journals, and instead concentrate on the quality of their research.

Period30 Apr 2019

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  • TitleThe Great Scientific Publishing Scandal
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletBBC Radio 4
    Media typeRadio
    Duration/Length/Size28 mins
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date30/04/19
    DescriptionAileen Fyfe is one of the interviewees on this programme (at 6mins, on the history of scientific journals; and at 14 mins on the importance of copyright to scientific publishing).
    Producer/AuthorMatthew Cobb
    URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004l7k
    PersonsAileen Fyfe
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