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"How does publication pressure in modern-day universities affect the intrinsic and extrinsic rewards in science? By using a worldwide survey among demographers in developed and developing countries, the authors show that the large majority perceive the publication pressure as high, but more so in Anglo-Saxon countries and to a lesser extent in Western Europe. However, scholars see both the pros (upward mobility) and cons (excessive publication and uncitedness, neglect of policy issues, etc.) of the so-called publish-or-perish culture. By measuring behavior in terms of reading and publishing, and perceived extrinsic rewards and stated intrinsic rewards of practicing science, it turns out that publication pressure negatively affects the orientation of demographers towards policy and knowledge sharing. There are no signs that the pressure affects reading and publishing outside the core discipline."

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"During the talk, he used the image below (from this article – .pdf) to argue that journal publishers have a monopoly. The surface progress of openness belies a deeper, more dramatic period of conflict around openness that is only now beginning. "

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"Below is a list of digital/paperback books and digital bibliographies from Digital Scholarship that cover open access topics."

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"The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University created PressForward to explore and produce the best means for collecting, screening, and drawing attention to the vast expanse of scholarship that is currently decentralized across the web or does not fit into traditional genres such as the journal article or the monograph."

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"Much of the discussion around this case highlights public misperceptions of libraries and of licensed content. Both Swartz’s supporters and the prosecution have focused on Swartz’s copying of articles, despite the fact that the charges focus on fraud, not theft or copyright violations. His supporters ridiculed the prosecution by suggesting his alleged downloading was like checking “too many” books out of the library. The prosecution repeatedly made reference to Swartz’s actions as “stealing,” despite the fact that the charges they brought against Swartz focus on fraud. Most academic library employees could readily explain to Swartz’s supporters that subscription license terms are often more restrictive than the “First Sale” doctrine that enables library lending, and would probably also point out that most libraries do impose some limits on book borrowing. Similarly, library employees could explain to the prosecution that although Swartz may have acquired copies of millions of JSTOR documents, there was never any erasure or removal of content from JSTOR’s servers, so invoking the rhetoric of “theft” is a bit problematic. "

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"Although the “mass media era now looks like a relatively brief and anomalous,” it is seen as normal by those who have spent their careers in those organisations. Those stuck in the “old paradigm” have great difficulty imagining and accepting the “new paradigm.”

Scientific journals are lagging behind newspapers, but they are surely on the same course. Many find unacceptable the domination of a few journals and the huge profits made by some publishers from the scientific value produced by others, and the open access has begun for these and other reasons. Open access articles are increasing rapidly, and just in the past few years we have seen the appearance of many “megajournals” like PLoS One and BMJ Open, which are aiming to publish rapidly after light peer review that does not attempt the largely impossible job of “spotting winners” but leaves readers to decide. "

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