Major Academic Press Calls for “Publish or Perish” Reform

Major Academic Press Calls for “Publish or Perish” Reform

Just one-third of researchers, publishers, funders and librarians believe academic reward and recognition systems are working well, according to a survey from Cambridge University Press. A university press’s efforts to assess the implications of open access pushed it to join a growing chorus of voices calling for reform of the incentive structures straining the academic publishing ecosystem.