Scientific Publishing & Academic Life Both Suck: The July 27th, 2020 Age of Ingenuity

Scientists are collecting more data than ever before but they’re not necessarily publishing their findings in peer reviewed journals.

Instead, they’re using using open-access publications, pre-publishing services without peer review and even twitter and other social media tools to set themselves up for future funding, rather than Nobel Prizes. We're going to take a look at that and also consider the future of universities.

Sources cited during this episode include the following:

• The July 22nd, 2020 University Affairs post, "COVID-19 pandemic shakes up the world of scientific publishing."

• The December 21st, 2017 University Rankings post, "A Machiavellian guide to getting ahead in academia."

• Volume 18 No. 4, 1989 History of Science Society Newsletter on the topic of "Russian & Soviet Science and Technology."

• The Research Canada website. Retrieved July 27th, 2020.

• The July 23rd, 2020 Foundation for Economic Education post, "John Ioannidis Warned COVID-19 Could Be a “Once-In-A-Century” Data Fiasco. He Was Right."

• The July 27th, 2020 New York Times post, "Hoping to Understand the Virus, Everyone Is Parsing a Mountain of Data."

• The undated AJE Scholar post, "Making the Choice: Open Access vs. Traditional Journals."

• The July 14th, 2016 New York Times post, "So Many Research Scientists, So Few Openings as Professors."

• The July 6th, 2020 Toronto Observer post, "Data gaps, social media and pre-published studies: The new era of pandemic reporting."

• The August 15th, 2015 Philippine Canadian Inquirer post, "Canadian company gets patent for 20-kilometre-high space elevator." 

• The May 25th, 2015 Nature post, "1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility."

• The Wikipedia entry for the scientific replication crisis.

• The July 14th, 2020 Forbes post, "Why College Is Never Coming Back."

• The January 6th, 2011 Daily Riff post, "Bill Gates Riffs about Math Education."

• The July 28th, 2020 CBC News post, "1st-year university students in Calgary face tough choices for fall."

• The July 13th, 2018 URBO post, "School Dazed: Why You Forgot Everything You Learned In School."

• The September 28th, 2017 Honor Society post, "College is a place to make professional and social connections."

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