• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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    10 days ago

    How Academics Are Pushing Back on the Academic Publishing *Mafia.

    Cartel?

    Just don’t call it a business, that makes it seem way less shady than it is.

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      I think Cartel and Mafia both have their merits when talking about the for-profit publishing industry.

      I would call them “leeches”. I see them like landlords. Charging you money for something basically no labour has to be done to support.

      It’s reentierism.