quarta-feira, 31 de janeiro de 2024

A new platform to ruin the multibillion-dollar profits of scientific journals

 


Referring back to the aforementioned post linked above, which discussed an article featured in The Economist on January 18th shedding light on the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence, and introducing an innovative proposition by emeritus professor Terry Younghttps://pacheco-torgal.blogspot.com/2021/10/universities-should-stop-producing.html  I would like to seize this opportunity to spotlight a groundbreaking platform that revolutionizes the publication of articles, eliminating the traditional reliance on scientific journals. A visit to the platform, https://www.qeios.com/, reveals that it has garnered widespread adoption, boasting a user base of over 60,000 researchers, including prominent institutions such as Stanford, Harvard, Oxford, and Cambridge.

"...Qeios (pronounced “chaos”) has been operating as a pre-print platform for young scientists to quickly release findings and generate feedback through crowd-sourced peer review prior to publication" https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/new-journal-seeks-reduce-bias-scientific-publishing

It's worth noting that in 2021, the European Commission also launched a platform with the explicit aim of challenging the conventional model of scientific journal publication  https://pacheco-torgal.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-monopoly-of-scientific-journals-has.html

PS – Far superior to a platform that hinders the scientific community from sustaining the billion-dollar profits of scientific journals, it is a revolutionary platform that not only pays the authors of the articles but also paýs the dedicated reviewers (including experts who analyze patent potential and aid in preparing patent requests). Additionally, it facilitates meaningful connections between researchers, entrepreneurs, and business angels. https://pacheco-torgal.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-smart-platform-to-fairly-reward.html