Academia in a Stranglehold

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Expert comment in article on the power of big publishing companies in academia, and on the way they collect data about academic processes.

Period6-Nov-2024

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Media contributions

  • TitleAcademia in a Stranglehold
    Degree of recognitionRegional
    Media name/outletUkrant
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date06/11/2024
    DescriptionAcademic publishers’ most valuable asset used to be their journals. Now, it’s the data they collect from researchers and then sell. That is extremely concerning, a growing group of Groningen researchers feels. ‘They control every part of the process and register every action you take.’
    Producer/AuthorChristien Boomsma
    URLhttps://ukrant.nl/magazine/elseviers-stranglehold-on-academia-how-publishers-get-rich-from-our-data/?lang=en
    PersonsTitus Stahl
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Keywords

  • publishing
  • academic publishing
  • big tech
  • data collection