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Reforming Science Publishing

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  • Moustafa, Khaled

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Over the past few years, different changes have been introduced into the science publishing industry. However, important reforms are still required at both the content and form levels. First, the peer review process needs to be open, fair and transparent. Second, author-paid fees in open access journals need to either be removed or reconsidered toward more affordability. Third, the categorization of papers should include all types of scientific contributions that can be of higher interest to the scientific community than many mere quantitative and observable measures, or simply removed from publications. Forth, word counts and reference numbers in online open access journal should be nuanced or replaced by recommended ranges rather than to be a proxy of acceptance or rejection. Finally, all the coauthors of a manuscript should be considered corresponding authors and responsible for their mutual manuscript rather than only one or two.

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  • Moustafa, Khaled, 2020. "Reforming Science Publishing," arabixiv.org mfhx7_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:arabix:mfhx7_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/mfhx7_v1
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