Publication Date
3-6-2026
Document Type
Paper
Organizational Units
College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging
Keywords
Publication, Scholarly communication, Publishing models, Peer review, Evaluation, Impact
Abstract
Let’s take a moment to think about where we’ve come to in scientific publishing. Once upon a time, journals and their publishers played an absolutely critical role in science’s growth and successes. Many journal publishers are for-profit enterprises, and they still want to make profits even if they no longer serve an important purpose. By controlling the information, they can still force people to pay for services that are obsolete and manipulate the system in ways that stymie progress to maintain their market. Open access did not have the power to change this. Altogether, things are in bad shape. I think that in these cases, it’s useful to think about what the perfect utopian system would be as a starting place. Then, you can plan realistic steps to move from our poor system to a better one. This isn’t something that happens overnight, but we’re at a point where we need a direction to move in.
Copyright Date
2-27-2026
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Rights Holder
Scott Horowitz
Provenance
Received from Author
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application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
3 pgs
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76.4 KB
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Recommended Citation
Horowitz, Scott, "Building a Better Landscape for Research Dissemination" (2026). Chemistry and Biochemistry: Faculty Scholarship. 130.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/chemistryandbiochemistryfaculty/130
https://doi.org/10.56902/FACSCH.2026.2
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