An OA Light Bulb Flickers On

An OA Light Bulb Flickers On

It’s been interesting watching all the OA advocates modify their positions as the untoward primary and secondary effects of Gold OA have become clear, and as few viable options exist beyond merely throwing in the towel on peer-review entirely and making scientific and scholarly publishing into a bazaar of preprints nobody can rely upon for quality or relevance. A recent article in the new Katina magazine — a name that still cracks me up because …